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So cool you're doing this AMA. I saw you at the Next.js conference last year and your badass interactive story. Your newsletter is great too.
Anyway, was there ever a point where you felt actually incompetent? I don't mean imposter syndrome or whatever, I mean, how do you work through your actual lack of knowledge or incompetence of something? I'm 5 months into my first job frontend job (yay), and I know I'm doing the best I can, I know I'm improving, but I'm not a natural at programming, and am factually and objectively just not very good at this. There are times when I know I should be thinking more critically about a problem, asking more questions, etc., but I can't seem to make any statement with confidence. My knowledge is just not there, and I don't have a natural ability.
I know your background is totally different, but maybe you still have some advice.
Hey Cassidy,
Your short videos on the socials are great and funny, are you generally a shy or more of an out going person? If the latter do you have any advice for people that are a bit too shy to put their content out like that?
Hi C,
Loved your interview. So positive.
A few things you talked about resonated with me.
What was your first ever mechanical keyboard, and how'd you get it?
My first ever board was from wasdkeyboards.com! It was a fullsize board with Cherry Brown switches, and was my main driver for a long time... until I started going custom in 2016/2017-ish and haven't looked back since 😅
Hi! in the episode you talked about how networking helps you in your career. So then my question is: What's the best way you know/recommend to start networking in tech industry?
I highly recommend the book Build Your Dream Network by J Kelly Hoey! It's a really awesome start for getting motivated and in the right mindset for networking:
goodreads.com/book/show/34927426-b...
Really, it's all about finding a community, supporting it, and asking questions of folks to help support you. It's a give and take, and really powerful relationships can come from it!
Thanks you so much!
I just finished the podcast episode. So many great knowledge nuggets in there. I'll drop what I posted on Twitter so as not to duplicate myself lol.
I was listening to one of your streams recently and I believe it was there you had mentioned that you were an angel investor in Supabase.
I'm curious what criteria you use to invest in a company. I'm certain part of it is the product or services fills a need, but beyond that, what else do you look for?
Question that's directly from the episode, @cassidoo . . .
Is your first-ever website, "Super Randomness" still online?? 😄
Hahaha sadly not! It's deep in the internet archive somewhere, I haven't been able to find it for a while. The nose picture gallery will be forever in our hearts.
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