This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Changelog’s Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo about content creation and its role in web development careers. They discuss the nuances of reputation-building, the pitfalls of interview culture, and how developers can navigate the ever-changing landscape of tech.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:43) - Wine tasting + rating
(11:31) - Do web developers need to be content creators?
(13:35) - Does open source really help your career?
(15:35) - How to build a good reputation
(20:05) - Hiring and interviewing
(26:54) - Fake dev jobs?
(30:58) - Debating cancel culture
(37:56) - Silicon Valley and integrity
(41:55) - Movies and TV
(44:22) - The state of frontend
(47:35) - Framework
(51:33) - Adam’s and Jerod’s non-tech careers
(54:38) - Plugs

Links

ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/
Changelog: https://changelog.com/
Drinks: https://drinks.com/
JS Party: https://changelog.com/jsparty
Frontend Feud: CSS Pod vs Whiskey Web and Whatnot: https://changelog.com/jsparty/285
All Things Open: https://2024.allthingsopen.org/
LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/
Johnny Boursiquot: https://x.com/jboursiquot
Go Time: https://changelog.com/gotime
WP Engine: https://wpengine.com/
WordPress: https://wordpress.com/
Steve Jobs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
PearAI: https://trypear.ai/
Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
Succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)
Brian Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)
Gladiator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film)
Joaquin Phoenix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Phoenix
Russell Crowe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe
Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
React: https://react.dev/
Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
Astro: https://astro.build/
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Framework: https://frame.work/
Omakub: https://omakub.org/
Linux: https://www.linux.org/
Apple: https://www.apple.com/
Eminem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
Rails is having a moment (again): https://changelog.com/podcast/615

Connect with Adam and Jerod

Website: https://changelog.com
Adam on X / Twitter: https://x.com/adamstac
Jerod on X / Twitter: https://x.com/jerodsanto

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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