How to Level Up Your Web Development Career

Ready to level up your career in web development? Join Wes and Scott as they discuss techniques and best practices for advancing in the field. From mastering technical skills to navigating workplace dynamics, this episode offers actionable advice to help you thrive in your career.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:17 How can a front-end developer advance in their career?
01:10 Brought to you by Sentry.
01:30 Syntax newsletter.
02:02 How do you get better at being a developer?
02:22 Asking questions.
08:09 Get your hands dirty.
14:07 Share what you know.
17:35 Target your skills for what is needed.
21:12 Get out of your comfort zone.
26:55 Getting a better job.
27:27 Understand the stakeholders.
29:18 Find the metric the business cares about and do that.
30:01 Make an impression as being the person that gets things done fast and reliably.
31:47 Improve communications.
35:04 Be the person they want to have in meetings.
37:44 Use systems and tools to help your deficiencies.
39:01 Dress to impress.
39:32 Care.
39:40 Cut the cynicism.
42:16 Don’t put bad stuff out into the world publicly.
44:29 Get your camera + mic dialed in.
46:23 Leveling up at life.
46:32 Take care of your shit.
47:40 Exercise.
47:57 Eat well.
48:22 Sleep as much as you can.
48:26 Clean your workspace.
49:17 Learn new skills.
49:31 Take care of yourself.
54:09 Sick Picks.
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[@joelazaro461]

I had reservations about being "yet another blogger", but I like the idea of helping to shortcut someone to a solution that you struggled to find yourself.

[@GregRobsonUK]

10:00 "How to get better at Dev? ... you Dev!" ... love it!

[@pedrogorilla483]

Great episode 👍

[@lagcisco]

great episode guys, lots of great tips shared!!

[@prashlovessamosa]

Great talk.

[@mandeepsarkaria5805]

Thanks for taking my comment into account.❤

[@bioburden]

You guys mentioned your Discord, got a link handy? Thanks.

[@syntaxfm]

discord.gg/BW6tycfd

[@bioburden]

​@@syntaxfmThank you very much 😎

[@AkinBelieve]

Dish soap and water is the best glasses cleaner... hands down... happens to be the cheapest too.

[@qaispalekar]

It took me a while to realise that it sounds off because it’s not playing on 1.5x

[@syntaxfm]

I listen to a lot of KZbin at 2x too.

[@jsonchicas]

Niceee podcast :D

[@ercansahin8430]

What is the project that they talk about quickly set enviroment app. Vite dir?

[@futuremoe]

❤

[@rand0mtv660]

45:00 this is still baffling to me. I think you don't need to have great video quality, but having decent audio is way more important in my opinion. I'm still amazed that few years after this big shift to remote and video calls you still have developers using a headset, but talking through the crappy built in mic from their laptop or some random connected device that has a mic for whatever reason. Man, just take few minutes and pick the proper audio device so that we can hear you and talk to you normally, it's not that hard.

[@intensedev]

I love this podcast. Pin me please 🥺

[@philipbranum4688]

Step #0: watch more Syntax videos... ;-)