Interview with Iris Schaffer – JSNation 2022

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Claim of concrete career change: a four year path at Spotify produces a repeatable growth mindset that treats hard problems as attackable by planning next steps and iterating through try fail cycles. Advice includes tracking the specific impact a company needs, balancing technical craft with core team skills, and treating the career as something to own. Numbers mentioned include four years of experience and the JSNation note of 25M+ JS developers.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:45Why did you start JSNation
3. 1:02What do you want people to learn
4. 1:28What skills do engineers need
5. 2:02What are soft skills
6. 2:17Cycling
7. 2:32Career advice

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