Gene Chuang - Chief Slacker at CTO Slackers, Board Of Directors at Innovate Pasadena, Limited Partner Investor at Hyphen Capital

Junior to Senior with David Guttman

Talking Points:

• Figuring out your career path
• Learning to code
• Working in a team setting
• The skill of communicating
• What makes a good engineer

Quotable Quotes:

• “Handoff your code so that somebody else can maintain it.” - GC
• “I strongly encourage all junior engineers to work in at least a mid-sized to a large-sized company.” - GC
• “One key skillset an engineer must have is communication.” - GC
• “The easiest way to do that [align yourself to the priority of the company] is align yourself with the bug priority list.” - GC
• “You don't want engineers who become complacent, they produce so many bugs.” - GC
• “That's very important, that you're always learning.” - GC
• “You should always be assessing yourself.” - GC

Notes:

Gene’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/genechuang

Gene’s Github

https://github.com/genechuang
Gene’s Organization
https://www.ctoslackers.com
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io