Living by the Code brings the experiences and insights of over 40 of today’s top developers, leaders and innovators in tech together in one single book, to help you grow your career in today’s ever-changing technical landscape. It’s like having dozens of tech’s best mentors — right at your fingertips.
Before You Begin
Before you begin your journey into gaining invaluable insights from today’s industry experts and leaders, we hope the foreword and prologue will help you understand why we made this book and what we hope you will gain by reading it.
Prologue
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“I wish someone had told me: You belong here. You’ll never have all the answers. Feeling like an imposter is normal and there are many others out there like you who feel the same way. Find them.”
—Sarah Olson
Eduardo Castelló Ferrer: “You are as valuable as your network.”
11Getting to Work
“There’s always going to be people saying, ‘This is the one true way to do things,’ and then other people saying, ‘No it’s not. This is the one true way to do things.’ Being able to look at those claims dispassionately and figure out what actually works for you is the bigger thing to focus on in terms of learning.”
—Ellen Shapiro
Leadership
“I definitely think good leaders are made…The biggest things I look for in a leader are self-awareness and humility. These two characteristics open people up to admitting and learning from their own mistakes, which makes them very coachable—the effort you expend on coachable people is always multiplied.”
—Cate Huston
Israel Ferrer Camacho: “Communication and collaboration.”
33Marcin Krzyzanowski: “If it feels good for you, do it.”
38Meet the team
Who is this book for
This book is for anybody who is struggling to make their mark in the competitive tech industry — no matter whether you’re a developer for a big corporation, a scrappy solo entrepreneur, or someone in between — this book is what you need to make your best career move!
Concepts covered in this book
Version history
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Living by the Code
Reflect, refactor and refresh: Top developers, leaders and innovators in tech share the career advice they wish they'd had when they started.