Alex 👨🏻‍💻⚡️

Software Engineer · Wall Street Dropout · Coding Bootcamp 🎓· Fintech · Fitness · Soccer

Currently Reading - 'That Will Never Work' by @mbrandolph

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From an early age we follow the career path that will lead to a good job & a paycheck. Many abandoned their passion. But, here’s the thing. If you’re not passionate about what you do, then odds are that it may be a challenging to find satisfaction during your career.

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Getting your fist job in tech looks like this

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Am I the only person that purchased an 'expensive' height adjustable desk and never actually do any work standing?🤦‍♂️

At least, I made my physical therapist happy 😅

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@shelbyn_23 @jonathanedean Studies have shown that people are happier working than not working.

Too much time not doing anything isnt good for people.

Great thread!! 👌

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I love when someone finish a meeting with the typical ~ "I'd like to end the call now. I am going to give you back 6 minutes of your time... "

brother you already took two hours of my day. Might as well take the 6 minutes too!

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Ohhh no!!!

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Getting ghosted by recruiters >> getting ghosted on Tinder

[Pato @devpato]

Look mom, that's me!

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James Batsell - @dreadheaddreamz
https://t.co/D7R8r3opFO

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing a Q&A with @dreadheaddreams for @career_karma.

This is a 🧵of some of the things that we covered during the Q&A.

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MASSIVE THREAD 🧵
with a summary of each of the AMAs, I hosted at @Career_Karma

Reach out if you have any questions or if you would like to join us for an interview (guest or participant)💻🚀

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Nathan Thomas
https://t.co/GunSNSviKI

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Nathan Thomas.

Yes, the @nwthomas from "the bird company in SF" 🌉 during a @Career_Karma AMA

[Thread]🧵

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I want to thank @dreadheaddreamz for sharing his experience with all of us. This Q&A was extra special for us because James was an early member of @Career_Karma.

Feel free to connect to James via LinkedIn for any other questions.

Thank you James!

https://t.co/4gYI3jl841

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing a Q&A with @dreadheaddreams for @career_karma.

This is a 🧵of some of the things that we covered during the Q&A.

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ADVICE FOR OTHERS
@dreadheaddreamz gave us a great checklist for success 🔥
🔹download the @Career_Karma app
🔹complete the @21DayCK
🔹research and decide on CB
🔹use all your resources around you
🔹do not try to learn everything
🔹write things down

&&

🔹KEEP GOING 🔜👨🏻‍💻🚀

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JOB SEARCH
'Rejections are super tough' - @dreadheaddreamz

We can all agree with that statement. After a couple of rejections, James caught his lucky break.

A friend from his network helped him getting his job. I think he said that he was offered the job on the spot 😅

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FLATIRON
@dreadheaddreamz decided to enroll into @FlatironSchool. These are some of the reasons behind his decision:

🔹the curriculum 📚
🔹Income Share Agreement 💲
🔹prework given 💻