[Weekend Drop] Developer Experience & the Coding Career Handbook with Corey Quinn on Screaming in the Cloud

<p>Listen to Screaming in the Cloud: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/learning-in-public-with-swyx/</p><p><strong>Episode Summary<br></strong><br></p><p>Today Corey sits down with swyx, head of developer experience at Airbyte, and so much more! They begin by chatting about swyx’s career history, professional motivation, and an industry taboo: following the money. Then Corey and swyx move into a discussion about the surprisingly challenging nature of developer experience and what it means to “learn in public.” swyx talks about expertise and how to quantify and demonstrate learning. Corey and swyx discuss swyx’s book “The Coding Career Handbook” and career coaching. swyx shares about his most recent foray into management in the era of zoom meetings, and conclude the conversation by talking about data integration and swyx’s latest job at Airbyte.</p><p><strong>Links Referenced:</strong></p><ul> <li>“Learning Gears” blog post: <a href="https://www.swyx.io/learning-gears">https://www.swyx.io/learning-gears</a> </li> <li> <em>The Coding Career Handbook</em>: <a href="https://learninpublic.org/">https://learninpublic.org</a> </li> <li>Personal Website: <a href="https://swyx.io/">https://swyx.io</a> </li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/swyx">https://twitter.com/swyx</a> </li> </ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Transcript</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Corey: Welcome to <em>Screaming in the Cloud</em>. I’m Corey Quinn. Some folks are really easy to introduce when I have them on the show because, “My name is, insert name here. I built thing X, and my job is Y at company Z.” Then we have people like today’s guest.</p><p>swyx is currently—and recently—the head of developer experience at Airbyte, but he’s also been so much more than that in so many different capacities that you’re very difficult to describe. First off, thank you for joining me. And secondly, what’s the deal with you?</p><p>swyx: [laugh]. I have professional ADD, just like you. Thanks for having me, Corey. I’m a—</p><p>Corey: