In this special episode of the newline podcast, Nate is interviewed by Matt Harrison, founder of Metasnake, and author of his own course Effective Book Authoring. Over the hour, Matt interviews me (Nate) asking about programming book authoring - how to plan it, how to write it, how market it when you're done. I share my best advice for organizing the process, building your audience, and how to enjoy it along the way. If you're interested in writing a programming book or course, then this episode is for you. Writing a programming course isn't easy. But I've done it enough times now, that hopefully the tips inside will be helpful to you. In this episode we cover: - What was your process like to make a course? - How does promotion work when creating a programming course? - What tools did you use to write your book? - What promotions did you do for your book? - What advice would you give to yourself before writing your book? - How much money have you made? <$1,000? $1K-10K? $10-30K?, $30K+? (Answer is much, much higher) - The promise you make when creating a programming course - What advice do you have for someone who wants to make money with a course? - What is The Bump and what does it mean for marketing your course? - Practical tips - and a process - for writing a programming course Let's dive in.

Today we're talking with Redux js maintainer Mark Erikson. Mark has been maintaining the Redux library for about five years, and has written an amazing amount of documentation and guide material. Redux is used in the majority of React apps, but folks have recently been questioning: is Redux still a tool I should use in 2020? It depends. We tease apart all of the different use-cases for redux: data-fetching, caching state, avoiding prop drilling and compare it the other tools in the ecosystem: apollo, mobx, recoil, hooks, and others. In this wide-ranging conversation we cover the history of Redux, tooling you can use to make your Redux code cleaner, and future plans. Also, Nate struggles to pronounce Redux. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking with Mark.

Today we're talking with creative coder Cassie Evans. In this episode we talk about something often neglected in web design today: how to bring whimsy and joy to your users In our chat we talk about how the old web had entry points to programming and where we might find find that today. And open with a story about how she, as a child, sold animated cursors for donuts, which felt like magic - and how even today snippets of code feel like magic spells. We loved our conversation with Cassie, and think you will too, let's dig in!

Today we're talking with Shawn Wang, a senior developer advocate at Amazon Web Services. Shawn is a prolific writer- you should totally check out his blog, if you haven't already. and most recently has written a book about the non-coding parts of your coding career. Shawn used to work at a hedge fund until transitioning to tech, and this gives him a unique perspective on how to be effective in your job - and why you should take ownership of your whole career. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about the differences between a Jr and Sr engineers, how to find strength in your weaknesses, and how to capture your daily ideas and use them to supercharge your career. I think developers at any level will get a tons of value from this conversation.

Welcome to the newline podcast. Our show is a conversation with experienced software engineers where we discuss new technology, career advice, and help you be amazing at work. I’m Nate Murray and I’m Amelia Wattenberger and today we're talking about serverless with Stephanie Prime, a dev ops engineer who formerly worked at Amazon Web Services, or AWS. AWS offers so many different services - SAM IAM S3 EC2 CloudFormation - If you're confused by this alphabet soup, Steph gives brings clarity to the overwhelming number of choices - and helps explain AWS Lambda, the serverless platform and how it can work for you In this episode, we talk about... when serverless is a good fit what a basic Lambda program looks like the future of devops in a serverless world if you're curious about this new infrastructure, then keep listening

Today we're talking with Sumukh Sridhara who is a product engineer on AngelList's Venture Capital Team and the hilarious personality behind @vcstarterkit. While many engineers work at startups or are interested in starting their own company, Venture Capital can seem like a total mystery. In this episode, we'll learn about: - How venture capital firms function - How VCs make money - and how that affects you - Ridiculous start-up ideas - The reality of raising money - whether or not you even should raise money.

In this episode we talk about how to think about security as developer and how to take the responsibility we have seriously. We talk about how to take a preventative and proactive approach to your security, and that means we cover: How to deal with extortion threats by having a bug bounty program How to think about automation tools when it comes to security What resources you should read if you want to get better at security How much does a web developer need to know about security, really? Eric has worked in security for a long time and he does a great job at being pragmatic to make sure the security goals are in line with the business goals. Amelia and I really enjoyed our conversation with Eric and I'm sure you will, too.

Today we're talking with Esco Obong who is an engineer at Uber and co-author of the our book JavaScript Algorithms In this episode we talk about how to get a coding job like a pro. This episode is chalk full of super practical advice on every step of the process. We talk through: - how to get your resume noticed by hiring managers, how to get referrals, and what to say when you reach out - we talk about the negotiating advantage you get when you run multiple interview processes in parallel - we talk about how to structure your learning for the algorithms and data structures portion of the interview. I think white boarding algorithms is something that a lot of developers struggle with - but it's a game you have to play if you want to work at the top companies, and Esco gives some practical advice on how to make sure you're ready before you get to the whiteboard. - and then once you pass the interview, we give some advice on how to negotiate. In this episode I'll even share a story from my own past when I lost $30k/year because I didn't negotiate properly. Listen to this episode and you won't make the same mistake.

Today we're talking about TypeScript with Christian Santos who is a software engineer at Facebook and co-author of the upcoming book Fullstack TypeScript. In this episode we ask, "Why is TypeScript so popular?" TypeScript is, at it's core, a productivity tool that has gained exponential adoption over the last few years, but it isn't always easy to get started. Today we'll discuss how TypeScript relates to JavaScript, What's the difference between TypeScript and Flow, and the common mistakes that beginner TypeScript developers make. So If you're wondering... - What tools should I use to get started with TypeScript - Should my team be using TypeScript in our projects? - and Is TypeScript a fad? Then keep listening. Let's get started