121: Self Taught Coder to First Elixir Job
Learning to code to get a full time job in Elixir is no small feat! Kimberly Johnson shares her journey. We pick out guide posts along the way of her non-traditional path to programming for others who want to follow!
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Show Notes
She started at the very beginning of her self-directed, non-traditional route to coding. She first had to learn to code. She worked, studied, and leaned on mentors and others until she reached the point of being hired for a full time job. What language did she tackle as that very first one? Elixir! We talked with Kimberly Johnson about how she did it. She shared her story at ElixirConf which we found inspiring. We wanted to go deeper on how she kept going when things got hard and how she built up a network of mentors and resources to help along the way. A great story and potential roadmap for others who want to follow a non-traditional path to a software development career!
Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/121
Elixir Community News
- https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-1-3-1-4-1-5-and-1-6-security-releases-for-wildcard-check-origin-vulnerability/50902 – Phoenix Security Releases for versions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.14.1 – Elixir 1.14.1 released
- https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md – Phoenix LiveView 0.18.3 bug fix release
- https://blog.appsignal.com/2022/10/11/phoenix-liveview-018-new-special-html-attributes.html – Sophie DeBennedetto wrote an article that covers the new :let, :if, and :for special forms
- https://github.com/CargoSense/absinthe_client – AbsintheClient - new library that is a GraphQL client for Absinthe with built-in support for subscriptions
- https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/99 – Episode 99 with Michael Davis to learn more about Slipstream
- https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto_sql/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v390-2022-09-27 – EctoSQL v3.9.0 released
- https://fly.io/phoenix-files/safe-ecto-migrations/ – Safe Ecto Migrations guide
- https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1578411348404228096 – Livebook v0.7 released
- https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2022/10/05/my-future-with-elixir-set-theoretic-types/ – New blog post from José Valim on Elixir's future with set-theoretic types
- https://codebeamamerica.com/ – Code Beam America conference. Held November 3-4 in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. & online
- https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/ – Cloudflare created a new captcha replacement called Turnstile
Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected]
Discussion Resources
- https://www.travelpassgroup.com/
- https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-elixir-and-phoenix-bootcamp-and-tutorial/
- https://pragmaticstudio.com/phoenix-liveview
- https://pragmaticstudio.com/elixir
- https://grox.io/about
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/grit – Grit on Psychology Today
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
- https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/
- https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action-second-edition
Guest Information
- https://twitter.com/siestakimberly – on Twitter
- https://github.com/siestakimberly/ – on Github
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-johnson-716869142/ – LinkedIn
Find us online
- Message the show - @ThinkingElixir
- Email the show - [email protected]
- Mark Ericksen - @brainlid
- David Bernheisel - @bernheisel
- Cade Ward - @cadebward
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