This episode features Allan Villa. He transitioned into tech by teaching himself how to code in seven months and then landed his first job in tech.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

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Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
1:05 Introducing Allan Vila
6:20 What curriculum did you use to learn?
8:06 100 Devs
- #100Devs
- Show Your Work
13:10 Sponsor: Vercel
14:18 Where did you get started when you were trying to learn?
18:23 Preferred Method of Styling
- CSS Tricks - Specifics on Specificity
24:53 Sponsor: ZEAL
25:38 Working on Personal Projects
30:37 Leveraging Code
34:59 Sponsor: DatoCMS
35:52 Blogging
- A Hired Imposter's Secrets
42:11 Dropping Bars
45:17 Pineapple Pizza