From sales to engineering

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Shaundai Person joins Jerod & Nick for a fascinating discussion of her transition from a sales position to Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. Along the way, we discuss sales as a superpower, how to build confidence in yourself & even sneak a little TypeScript talk in there because you know who…

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Featuring:

• Shaundai Person – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Nick Nisi – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

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• Screen Studio

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Chapters

1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Vercel (00:00:39)

https://vercel.com/changelogpod

3. Hello, party animals (00:04:06)

4. Welcoming Shaundai (00:05:29)

5. Holla! React Paris (00:06:25)

https://react.paris

6. From sales to engineering (00:11:03)

7. Sales as a superpower (00:24:41)

8. Shaundai's confidence (00:30:45)

9. Sponsor: Changelog News (00:35:05)

https://changelog.com/news

10. Nick's confidence (00:36:09)

11. Karaoke & slam poetry (00:37:26)

12. Endless Love in the dark (00:38:18)

13. OK fine: TypeScript talk (00:40:47)

14. An honest TypeScript question (00:44:24)

15. Test files in TypeScript? (00:49:44)

16. Wrapping up (00:51:22)

17. Next up on the pod (00:53:09)