John Crickett: Coding Challenges, Personal Brand, Engineering Levels | archill podcast #5

Meet John Crickett. John has been in software engineering for about 30 years now. His experience includes different seniority levels from Engineering Management as well as software architecture. 

He's the founder of the popular 'Coding Challenges' newsletter, boasting over 70,000 subscribers. Each week, John offers practical coding challenges to help software engineers enhance their skills through building real-world applications. 

He’s also known for being active on LinkedIn and sharing his enormous experience with the community.

EPISODE LINKS:
Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.fyi/

OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Software Engineering Evolution
10:40 Mastering Different Programming Languages
14:03 Learning By Doing
17:54 Coding Challenges Newsletter
24:58 LeetCode in Practice
25:58 How To Land First Job?
29:08 Power Of Networking
31:32 Building Personal Brand
35:40 Joy Of Criticism 
38:05 Conducting Interviews
43:20 Software Engineering Levels
45:19 “Engineering Manager or Hardcore Tech” Dilemma
49:58 Outro

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/

- John Crickett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/