Episode 61

[Career Jam] Big Tech Interviews with Adam Rackis

A chat with Adam Rackis after his viral tweet thread on interviewing at Riot, AWS, Citadel, Spotify, and other big tech cos

The Swyx Mixtape · Swyx

March 27, 20211h 0m

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Show Notes

The tweet thread here: https://twitter.com/AdamRackis/status/1370874399390367756

This is the edited audio of our conversation; Coding Career community members can find the transcript and video on Circle!

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions
01:35 Coding on the Fly
09:09 Use Terminology
13:29 Fundamentals over Frameworks
17:27 TypeScript
20:18 Storytelling
29:30 Misc: Ownership, System Design, Teaching
37:45 Working at Spotify
40:28 Svelte vs React
45:45 Reading Tech Books
51:21 Tech Careers in Non-Tech Hubs

Topics

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