Building Reputation In Tech With Adam Stacoviak And Jerod Santo Whiskey Web And Whatnot: Web Development, Neat podcast

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Changelog’s Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo about content creation and its role in web development careers. They discuss the nuances of reputation-building, the pitfalls of interview culture, and how developers can navigate the ever-changing landscape of tech.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:43) - Wine tasting + rating
(11:31) - Do web developers need to be content creators?
(13:35) - Does open source really help your career?
(15:35) - How to build a good reputation
(20:05) - Hiring and interviewing
(26:54) - Fake dev jobs?
(30:58) - Debating cancel culture
(37:56) - Silicon Valley and integrity
(41:55) - Movies and TV
(44:22) - The state of frontend
(47:35) - Framework
(51:33) - Adam’s and Jerod’s non-tech careers
(54:38) - Plugs

Links

ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/
Changelog: https://changelog.com/
Drinks: https://drinks.com/
JS Party: https://changelog.com/jsparty
Frontend Feud: CSS Pod vs Whiskey Web and Whatnot: https://changelog.com/jsparty/285
All Things Open: https://2024.allthingsopen.org/
LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/
Johnny Boursiquot: https://x.com/jboursiquot
Go Time: https://changelog.com/gotime
WP Engine: https://wpengine.com/
WordPress: https://wordpress.com/
Steve Jobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
PearAI: https://trypear.ai/
Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
Succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)
Brian Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)
Gladiator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film)
Joaquin Phoenix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Phoenix
Russell Crowe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe
Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
React: https://react.dev/
Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
Astro: https://astro.build/
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Framework: https://frame.work/
Omakub: https://omakub.org/
Linux: https://www.linux.org/
Apple: https://www.apple.com/
Eminem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
Rails is having a moment (again): https://changelog.com/podcast/615

Connect with Adam and Jerod

Website: https://changelog.com
Adam on X / Twitter: https://x.com/adamstac
Jerod on X / Twitter: https://x.com/jerodsanto

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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