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2244996Running Starthttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/running-start/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1870281/4b75173d-4d5a-49c1-a910-542bf88f5b9c.jpg?v=638342098055600000720800MXNAlex KarpInStock/Ebooks/2069833Running Start720800https://www.gandhi.com.mx/running-start/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1870281/4b75173d-4d5a-49c1-a910-542bf88f5b9c.jpg?v=638342098055600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229780578387406_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_<p>Youre looking for your first software engineering job. Maybe youre graduating college or maybe youve decided to switch careers. Maybe youre finishing up at a coding bootcamp or maybe you taught yourself how to code.</p><p>Youve come to the right place.</p><p>Getting a job is hard. Getting the <em>right</em> job is harder.</p><ul><li><em>How do I know which companies and positions to apply for?</em></li><li><em>How do I get an interview?</em></li><li><em>How do I prepare for my interviews?</em></li><li><em>How do I look for red flags that should turn me away from a company?</em></li><li><em>How do I navigate one or more offers?</em></li></ul><p>But once youve gotten the job, the fun is just beginning. Now you have questions like:</p><ul><li><em>How do I make a good first impression?</em></li><li><em>How do I set myself up for success?</em></li><li><em>Am I moving too slowly?</em></li><li><em>Whats my manager thinking?</em></li><li><em>I cant do this. Im in over my head. Are they going to fire me?</em></li></ul><p>And even once youre feeling comfortable in your new role, youll have yet more questions.</p><ul><li><em>What should I be doing to get promoted?</em></li><li><em>How do I identify growth opportunities?</em></li><li><em>Where do I want my career to lead?</em></li><li><em>When is it time to look for a new job?</em></li></ul><p>These are all real questions that Ive asked myself throughout my career. These are the things that I wish I would have known when I was first starting out and even as Ive progressed.</p><p>Ive learned a lot the hard way, by making mistakes and learning from others. In my last several years as an engineering manager, Ive also learned a lot about what your manager thinks, how to use your manager effectively, and how to navigate your career. And Ive been taking notes.</p><p>Are you interested in a strategy guide for your software engineering career?</p><p>What if you could learn from my mistakes and insights and grow faster in your career?</p><p>What if you knew how to avoid opportunities that would hold you back or would even be toxic?</p><p>What if you knew how to take what it is that makes you unique and make that your biggest selling point?</p><p>Thats why I wrote Running Start.</p><p>My goal is to help you get a job, keep that job, and thrive. Not only in that first job, but in your entire career.</p><p>My target audience is anyone who isnt stereotypically represented in tech, including but not limited to: women, BIPOCs, self-taught, career switchers, bootcamp graduates, and many more. But I also hope that this book will be useful to anyone in tech.</p><p>With that in mind, I took great care to make sure point out where peoples experiences might differ from the norm. I also tried to get as diverse a set of pre-readers as possible to really hold me accountable for making sure I do right by all backgrounds and experiences.</p><p>My goal is to get as many different people in tech as possible. Not because of some artificial diversity targets but because I truly believe that the best teams are the ones that are the most diverse. Not only that, but the teams that have the most different <em>kinds</em> of diversity. It takes a village to be a truly successful development team. You need people from different backgrounds, with different life experiences, different skillsets, different abilities and disabilities. The more diverse a team is, the better a product theyll put out. Id bet a million dollars on it.</p><p>This book is my way of trying to help make that happen.</p>(*_*)9780578387406_<p>Youre looking for your first software engineering job. Maybe youre graduating college or maybe youve decided to switch careers. Maybe youre finishing up at a coding bootcamp or maybe you taught yourself how to code.</p><p>Youve come to the right place.</p><p>Getting a job is hard. Getting the <em>right</em> job is harder.</p><ul><li><em>How do I know which companies and positions to apply for?</em></li><li><em>How do I get an interview?</em></li><li><em>How do I prepare for my interviews?</em></li><li><em>How do I look for red flags that should turn me away from a company?</em></li><li><em>How do I navigate one or more offers?</em></li></ul><p>But once youve gotten the job, the fun is just beginning. Now you have questions like:</p><ul><li><em>How do I make a good first impression?</em></li><li><em>How do I set myself up for success?</em></li><li><em>Am I moving too slowly?</em></li><li><em>Whats my manager thinking?</em></li><li><em>I cant do this. Im in over my head. Are they going to fire me?</em></li></ul><p>And even once youre feeling comfortable in your new role, youll have yet more questions.</p><ul><li><em>What should I be doing to get promoted?</em></li><li><em>How do I identify growth opportunities?</em></li><li><em>Where do I want my career to lead?</em></li><li><em>When is it time to look for a new job?</em></li></ul><p>These are all real questions that Ive asked myself throughout my career. These are the things that I wish I would have known when I was first starting out and even as Ive progressed.</p><p>Ive learned a lot the hard way, by making mistakes and learning from others. In my last several years as an engineering manager, Ive also learned a lot about what your manager thinks, how to use your manager effectively, and how to navigate your career. And Ive been taking notes.</p><p>Are you interested in a strategy guide for your software engineering career?</p><p>What if you could learn from my mistakes and insights and grow faster in your career?</p><p>What if you knew how to avoid opportunities that would hold you back or would even be toxic?</p><p>What if you knew how to take what it is that makes you unique and make that your biggest selling point?</p><p>Thats why I wrote Running Start.</p><p>My goal is to help you get a job, keep that job, and thrive. Not only in that first job, but in your entire career.</p><p>My target audience is anyone who isnt stereotypically represented in tech, including but not limited to: women, BIPOCs, self-taught, career switchers, bootcamp graduates, and many more. But I also hope that this book will be useful to anyone in tech.</p><p>With that in mind, I took great care to make sure point out where peoples experiences might differ from the "norm". I also tried to get as diverse a set of pre-readers as possible to really hold me accountable for making sure I do right by all backgrounds and experiences.</p><p>My goal is to get as many different people in tech as possible. Not because of some artificial diversity targets but because I truly believe that the best teams are the ones that are the most diverse. Not only that, but the teams that have the most different <em>kinds</em> of diversity. It takes a village to be a truly successful development team. You need people from different backgrounds, with different life experiences, different skillsets, different abilities and disabilities. The more diverse a team is, the better a product theyll put out. 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