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An interview with a senior software engineer

In this video Josh Creek provides lots of tips for how to get into software development.

In this video Josh Creek provides lots of tips for how to get into software development. He explains that he prepared for his first job as a junior software developer by looking at job descriptions to see what skills companies were looking for. He then learned those skills by finding free courses, spending a lot of time on GitHub, and making his own projects.

Reflect

Josh tried several things to improve his skills. Do any of his suggestions appeal to you?
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