A conversation with fellow Dev/DevOps/SRE/tech person Matthew Sanabria, where we discuss the process of getting a software development job in the 2023-2024 job market. We also discuss using chat GPT and other LLMs as a software developer, and what it's like to start learning Elixir. Check out my upcoming book on the Linux Command line for developers: https://www.amazon.com/Software-Developers-Guide-Linux-no-nonsense-ebook/dp/B0BG2NV7FS

A quick solo episode where I cover the changes to infrastructure and architecture I've seen while working in the tech industry. I specifically focus on what my day-to-day work looked like at each phase, and which problems we faced that led to the next evolutionary step.

In this episode, I talk with Matthew and Justin about tech salaries and what makes great engineers (including more Junior people).

0:00 Intro 1:15 Tech Salaries 2:30 Information Asymmetry 4:05 Dave's Salaries 11:40 Matthew's Salaries 16:00 Job-hopping and salary bumps 17:45 Negotiation Tips 24:00 Dave's worst mistake 27:45 Is job-hopping bad? 30:00 How much should you make? 32:25 Intangible value 35:20 Job switching risk 39:30 Discussion - What do Seniors want from Junior Engineers? 58:18 Review - how to be an amazing engineer 58:55 High-impact skills 1:03:00 Moving to Senior engineer I'm writing a book! Pre-ordering helps me out in a very direct way. The Software Developer's Guide to Linux: A practical, no-nonsense guide to using the Linux command line and utilities as a software developer: https://www.amazon.com/Software-Developers-Guide-Linux-no-nonsense-ebook/dp/B0BG2NV7FS Some of Matthew's (awesome) YouTube videos: Troubleshooting TLS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-4TVHQK2b4 A Practical Terraform Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0EQR3LGRz0 My New Packer Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/practical-packer-learn-hashicorp-packer-with-a-real-project/?referralCode=8C43A58B4A102EED5785 My OG Linux Project Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/hands-on-linux-self-hosted-wordpress-for-linux-beginners/?referralCode=19C0A7DEE2FD53C9C09D