Starting Over: A Beginner Yet Again
summary
An intern accepted to Ada Developers Academy at an 11 percent acceptance rate and now working at Amazon lists concrete tactics: ask questions, speak up in stand‑ups, time‑box tasks to fail fast, learn from iterative code reviews that uncover things like six fixable issues at a time and unfamiliar concepts such as a singleton. Expect to grow a thick skin, practice advocacy when colleagues are unkind, and use a nontraditional background as a practical perspective on product decisions.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:53Ask questions
- 2:29Participate in stand-up
- 3:36Get to know your fellow team members
- 4:40Grow a thick skin
- 6:12Never stop learning
- 7:33Learn how to time box (Fail Fast)
- 8:53Don't be afraid of code reviews
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