Mitch Masia
Building awesome products using React, React Native, GraphQL, and Elixir.
How Do Engineer?
Mitch Masia
A day in the life, some worthwhile advice
Hexient Labs
Who?
Background
Started coding Junior Year HS (2011)
Computer Engineering @Vandy (2016)
Internships
LoadUp Technologies
Hexient Labs (+Talkrise)
MeetupS + Conferences
Taskloop
Self-Teaching
Udemy
Codeacademy
Javascript
80-20
Education
I got absolutely smoked
What they teach
What you should know
fundamentals
Build things
Go deep
Internships
All about relationships
Young, say yes
Turning Point
$2,000
Non-trivial
3rd-party APIs
Legal, Marketing, Accounting, Business
Loadup technologies
Funded Startup
1st Employee
Coding Interview
Bought. Not sold.
Confidence
We were naive
Hexient + Talkrise
Partner
Work-life balance
domain expertise
Trustworthiness
Skill > Marketing
Hexient + Talkrise
Partner
Work-life balance
domain expertise
Trustworthiness
Skill > Marketing
Community
Actual Advice
Learn Data Structures
Go Deep (non-trivial)
Deploy something
Get a GitHub
Get a Mentor
Start a blog
❤️ Terminal
Do exercism
Value your time ($)
80-20
Thanks + Questions?
Resources
How do Engineer?
By Mitch Masia
How do Engineer?
A day in the life, some worthwhile advice.
