I Got Laid Off and Recovered From Burnout in 2024. Here are 13 Lessons and Realizations

He went from unloading cargo trucks to being Spain’s best copywriter. So far I’ve only been following English-speaking copywriters. I write landing pages for my coding courses in English. That’s why I hadn’t heard of Isra Bravo. In a podcast interview, he shared his best lessons. You can watch the full interview here in Spanish. I only needed to...

I hate seeing “passionate” listed as a requirement in job postings. How can we measure passion? Is there a quiz, like those magazine questionnaires? “Find out if you’re a passionate coder in less than 5 minutes with 10 easy-to-answer questions.” The best coders I’ve met at past jobs weren’t what we’d call passionate. By passionate, I mean making...

I was fired from my first job. 10+ years ago. My first job taught me A LOT. I had 0 hours of flight time. Everything was new to me. I already shared some of those lessons the other day. But what I didn’t say that day was that I was fired from that job. Yes, fired. Not laid off. Fired. Same result, different cause. Did I deserve it? Probably. Did...

I’m not pouring a bucket of cold water over my head, but I’m doing this challenge. I found it in Kev Quirk’s blog. And he found it on somebody else’s blog. But the challenge started on Bear Blog. Ava started it. But since I don’t have a blog on that platform, I’m doing this challenge here instead. Just like Kev on his own blog. Here I go: Why did...

I don’t have a coding portfolio. By portfolio, I mean a webpage showcasing my best projects. My GitHub account is the closest thing to a coding portfolio. But it hasn’t helped me land jobs. My blog has helped me more. Some time ago, the next day after interviewing for a small local company, I got a phone call. They wanted me to start a company...