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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...