On Being an Early Career Dev in Your 30s
summary
Argues that second‑career devs hit two friction points: hiring filters that label résumés overqualified but underprepared and pay‑cut privilege that narrows who can switch; cites 2018 BLS pay gap ($31k vs $93k) and a claim that ~66% of Americans want to switch. Recommends concrete tactics: rewrite bullets to show transferable outcomes, prioritize apply concepts over mastering a language (Ruby → JS → C# examples), and for managers to broaden your hiring pipeline and practice servant leadership.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:04Switching Jobs
- 6:03The IC
- 8:37What you did matters
- 13:46What do you learn
- 15:07Applying concepts matters
- 18:24Recap
- 18:51The Manager
- 20:39Ego
- 22:53Pipeline
- 25:45Summary
- 26:17Ethical Tradition
- 27:17Questions
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