Code schools do an excellent job of preparing students for the hard skills, and many are quite excellent. Unfortunately, the soft skills are equally as important when transitioning into technology.
I'm regularly introduced to newcomers into tech. Instead of overloading them with an exhaustive view, I want to provide the essentials. What are the few things that provide the highest value and I hope they remember? In recent years, I've found the list is getting shorter but my confidence is increasing.
I've watched similar stories play out over and over again. Post people struggle, while too few actually endure. I've boiled down the highlights I learned along the way.
- A single blog post would be overwhelming.
- Weekly newsletters are too scattered and infrequent.
- A Linkedin Post is too temporal.
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