How to Build a Career in Tech: Cassidy Williams (@cassidoo) Connects the Dots



Jason Lengstorf interviews Cassidy Williams.

Cassidy Williams is a Principal Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify. She often makes silly videos on the internet, plus she enjoy building mechanical keyboards and playing music in her free time. Follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/cassidoo

Jason Lengstorf works at Netlify and hosts Learn With Jason. He is trying his very best to follow his own advice. Follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jlengstorf

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This Post Has 37 Comments

  1. Sapioit

    Interesting insights. Thank you, Cassidy (cassidoo), for sharing your wisdom with us!

    (Third comment! This custom is spreading from manga websites.)

  2. Abhijit Prasad

    It was really nice knowing about how to have career growth…thank you

  3. Ahmad Shiddiq

    What a good video before i sleep. This make my sleep more good, thank you.

  4. GreyWolfClimber

    Be prepared to dump all your knowledge and learn something completely new abut 4 times during your career.

    Enjoy.

  5. doublesman0

    Sure go ahead and build a career…don't forget you would hit 40 at some point and would then be overlooked in most places. ๐Ÿ˜€

  6. Bo Louie

    Oh he assumed that she didn't have a tech background …like do your research.

  7. C C

    What a helpful, insightful chat to listen to, especially as someone aspiring to change careers. It got my gears turning in terms of getting into the industry.

  8. Supreme Jerk

    Proudly not living on Twitter or familiar with Tik Tok. Not sure how that constitutes living under a rock.

  9. Jesse Lima

    Awsome talking!!!
    You folks have brought many great questions and ideas.
    I change my schedule to wake up earlier for study. At the end of the day, I do not use to be great for learning.

  10. Todd Boothbee

    Cassidy, that's a great story about your father-in-law. He's the first fifty-something junior developer I've heard about. Am I right to assume he was hired as a junior? Cheers!

  11. Nija

    Don't become developer, even if you become developer see what else you can "manage"

  12. PK N

    Thanks to Freecodecamp for another relevant chit chat which would surely help people especially in search of jobs in this pandemic. And I have to say it, @Cassidy you are so cute i couldn't take my eyes off of you. As Jason said you really have a unique presence and a personality. Keep motivating people.

  13. Philip Butler

    I donโ€™t use Twitter nor Tiktok and I guess I live under a rock lol

  14. Jeremiah Moore

    This was very informative and eye opening to me. When Cassidy said that "selling yourself is terrifying", I remembered a saying: "Feel the fear, and do it anyway". This was a great reminder to do that every single day. ~Thank You

  15. CONST AXE

    See better the video RUSSIAN CYBERPUNK FARM for fun!

  16. – Write your ideas down.
    – Keep asking and shooting shots for opportunities.
    – Sell or showcase your self through projects and achievements
    – Practice build projects.

    Thanks for the lessons Cassidy

  17. Adonis Adeyemi

    Cassidy kinda looks like … ali abdaal, with glasses, smile and face shape. Amazing interview. Thanks

  18. Oludayo D

    Thanks Jason & Freecodecamp for setting this up. ๐Ÿ‘ Appreciate you cass๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

  19. JaSON

    Great stuff as always thanks!

  20. S. A.

    It is so regretful that American style networking is practically nonexistent outside of the USA. People would still have LinkedIn, don't get me wrong, but are culturally far less approachable, society is more closed so to speak. People would not write thank you letters and follow up letters, informational interviews hardly exist too etc. It the US you can have a small talk at a conference with another participant who happens to be a senior manager or a partner at some big firm and they would ask you for your resume afterwards. Just like that. Like it is not a big deal. Something like this would never happen in Germany, as instance. Or in Canada. People would not even add you to linkedin in the majority of instances or reply to an email.
    May be it is a bit different in IT. I will soon find that out.

  21. eteku moses

    Thanks alot cassidy thanks for your kind heart.kindly drop me your email.

  22. Ankit kumar

    Ever thought of hosting this as podcast on Spotify??? It would be amazing

  23. Kalynn Doebel

    Awesome interview! This advice is applicable to an even wider audience than just coders. ๐Ÿ™‚

  24. snow4skier

    Yea, every time I try to network I get told that I am a vet and do not deserve to be a computer programmer. Even though I have the education, I have applied to over 5,000 jobs that I qualify for I have gotten zero interviews. I keep getting rejected and the few times I can ask why they say that I am a combat vet and they do not want to take the risk.

  25. x

    I got sacked from a really well-paid programming job once, they didn't like that I asked for arrays

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