Podcast Season 1 ยท Episode 35

The Coding Interview and Transitioning in Tech

Laurie Barth joins us to talk about her transition from working on docs with Gatsby to becoming a Software Engineer at Netflix and the coding interviews along the way.

The Coding Interview and Transitioning in Tech

Questions

  1. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you got started in tech?
  2. Recently you transitioned from Gatsby to Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, what sparked this move?
    1. Job changes within Gatsby (backend, docs, middleend, frontend tooling)
    2. Job titles
    3. Small vs Large Team
  3. What types of jobs were you applying for?
  4. How did you find interviewing at different companies, what did you like or not like?
  5. What (if anything) needs to change with coding interviews?

Links

CSS Tricks - How to Contribute to an Open Source Project

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