Topic Archive

Career

  • What to do after being made redundant or laid off

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    Welcome back to the Pybites podcast, episode 121. Watch here: Or listen here: This week we have Emily Wilcock on the show, recruitment manager and Pybites career coach 😍 Emily delves into a topic close to her heart: navigating the job search journey after a redundancy. She was affected herself by a recent layoff and has distilled 7 practical tips that helped her, and will help you, get back on track faster. Summary of Emily’s 7 tips:1) After been laid off, take a break to reset.2) Make the most of your job search time.3) Seek a support group.4) Your CV!…

  • Python Coding Interview Learning Path

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    Introduction Most companies, when recruiting new software engineers, include at least one coding interview as part of their selection process. And why not? We’re software engineers, after all; writing (and reading) code is what we do.  Yet, even for the seasoned Pythonista, there is one coding interview that often feels disproportionately — and unnecessarily — stressful: the data structures and algorithms (DSA) interview.  Most of this stress arises from unfamiliarity and nothing else. When was the last time your boss, or the CEO, or anyone, asked you to calculate the nth number in a Fibonacci sequence or traverse a binary tree orimplement a hash table from scratch?…

  • Veterans in the workplace, challenges and tips

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    Welcome back to the Pybites podcast! Watch here: Or listen here: In this podcast episode, Julian interviews Isaac Smit, a former member of the US Navy and current program manager at Amazon. He discusses the challenges faced by veterans in the workplace and how we can support them better. Isaac highlights two main difficulties veterans encounter: dealing with ambiguity and managing invisible disabilities like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The transition from a highly structured military environment to a more ambiguous corporate setting can be challenging for veterans. Additionally, the invisible disabilities that many veterans have may affect their cognitive abilities,…

  • Lessons from a Software Developer’s Path: Networking, Growth & Side Projects

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    Welcome back to the Pybites podcast! Watch here: Or listen here: In this podcast episode, Peter Lynch, a software developer, discusses his journey into web development and his entrepreneurial interests.  He shares his experience of transitioning from a corporate job to pursuing his passion for building his own projects.  Peter emphasizes the importance of networking and building connections in finding job opportunities.  He also highlights the need to embrace discomfort and continuously challenge oneself for personal and professional growth.  Additionally, Peter talks about his side projects and the motivation behind them, including his iOS app that generates Apple Watch faces…

  • In tough times leverage the people around you

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    Welcome back to the Pybites Podcast. Watch here: Or listen here: This week we have a follow up to episode 101 in which we spoke about being in control in these difficult times of corporate layoffs. In this episode we talk about the importance of the people around you, because remember, you are the “average of the 5 people with whom you hang out the most”. Leverage these 5 important people in your life, especially now! Next we move onto the concept of having a “personal board” or “circle of advisors”, a second group of people that might not be…

  • 8 tips for succeeding in the software industry

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    Watch here: Listen here: Welcome back to the podcast. Today we share 8 tips in response to a question that we were tagged on @ Twitter: As always we also discuss wins and books. Links: Mentioned books: And last but not least thanks for all your feedback 😍🙏 You can reach out to us through our Slack or send an email to info at pybit dot es.

  • Finding value and purpose in your work

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    Watch here: Or listen here: Welcome back to the Pybites podcast! This week we have an inspirational talk with our special guest Cassandra Babilya! We talk about the importance of finding value and purpose in your work. We talk about: – Considering your life purpose. – Your professional values and your personal values. – How do you identify that something is wrong at work. We discuss the effects that being disengaged with your work can have on your physical and mental well-being. The key point being to really pay attention to you “bio-feedback”: – Are you exhausted all the time?…

  • The role of luck

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    Listen here: Today we talk about luck and how it relates to career success. It annoys the heck out of us when people say about successful people “oh they were just lucky”. Sure luck has a role, but often it’s the consistent hard work (discipline) that put those people into the position to become lucky. So we dedicated this episode to this and share how you can “get lucky” as a developer which basically means you have to put in the work. Simple advice, but asking yourself the honest question: are you doing this enough? As usual, we also relate this to…

  • Tips for Navigating the Job Hunt with Rhys Powell

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    Listen here: The job hunt is on! With so many people looking to change things up with work, whether it be a new role, a new company, remote work – you name it – we decided it was time to talk a little about the Job Hunt. This week, I.T veteran and long-standing Pybites Community Member, Rhys Powell joins me (Julian!) to share some tips around searching and applying for jobs these days. Rhys brings a wealth of experience from both sides of the fence as someone seeking a change in I.T and also as the Hiring Manager. In this…

  • From Basketball Athlete to DevRel, Dropping the Fear of Failure

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    Listen here: This week we have Tonya Sims on the show to talk about her journey from athlete / basketball player to Python Developer Advocate / DevRel and entrepreneur. We talk about how she combines sports with Python, her business of helping parents of aspiring athlete kids and (of course) the unstoppable developer mindset.  We hope you’ll enjoy this episode and feel free to reach out to Tonya on Twitter or in our Pybites Community. Links:– Deepgram – Automated Speech Recognition (ASR)– Mentioned talk: Faceoff Fun with Python Frameworks: FastAPI vs Flask 2.0– Mentioned Quiet book by Susan Cain