👔 Getting your first Dev job
Hello Hello!
Today I have 3 articles for you. Yes, a lot of reading, but they are worth it. I have a design, a technical and a career article:
I love design, but I'm not good at it, and I'm fascinated with color selection 🎨 , but I get confused by it. This article talks about how you can use a mathematical approach to color selection (the 60:30:10 rule), as long as you have at least a primary color you want to use.
BTW, as I went through this article, they mention about ColorHub which is great theme selection tool with CSS export capabilities.
It was hard for me to select a resource that could talk about DDD (Domain Driven Design) without being overwhelming. The link I have selected is not perfect for that, but it is a good start.
DDD is an approach to software development where the code is reflecting the real-world as closely as possible so that we have a unifying language between tech and business people.
Why my interest in DDD? Because we have started implementing DDD about 2 months ago in a project that I'm working on my fulltime job.
Why this is interesting for you? Because by using it you will become a better developer.
⚠ Warning: ⚠ This is not a walk-in-the-park type of reading. At times it can be a bit complex and hard to understand. So no worries if it doesn't come naturally to you.
If you want to go even deeper, I will leave you with Martin Fowler.This is a great article written in a very informal way, describing Julia's experience on getting her first dev job after shifting careers in her 30s.
I am impressed by how practical and down-to-earth she describes the process she went through.
A great takeaway from the article: "Don't focus on code alone, focus on how to solve problems". She also mentions to focus on soft and business skills quite a lot.
Very valuable if you are looking to get your first job.
My personal update:
Fan Expo was great and I saw 91 years young 🚀 Captain Kirk. My daughter went nuts when she saw a guy from Stranger Things.
Thinking about how to reignite my work with 🌉 Brridge.com - This is a project I started almost 3 years ago helping new devs getting experience and their first job.
I'm going to enjoy this long weekend before kids are back to school and I'm back to teaching 🏫 .
Cheers, hasta la vista, and bye!
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