We talk with Michał Buszkiewicz about Junior Developers in the Elixir community. We share tips for Juniors both early in their careers but also more experienced developers coming new to Elixir. We talk about the University vs Bootcamp approaches and what you want to focus on coming from either side. We further discuss how we as employers can support and encourage juniors. A lot of great resources shared!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/45

Elixir Community News

https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/4268 – SQLite added as database option to phx.new
https://twitter.com/sean_moriarity/status/1382092255868116996 – Sean Moriarity porting all of the Axon examples to Live Markdown
https://github.com/elixir-nx/axon/tree/main/examples – Axon examples for LiveBook
https://github.com/wojtekmach/req – Req library works well in Livebook because it can be Mix.install then download and unpack data files
https://github.com/elixir-nx/livebook/pull/186 – Livebook gets LiveDashboard support added to it
https://www.libhunt.com/l/elixir/trending – LibHunt trending Elixir libraries
https://twitter.com/mcrumm/status/1384203912215875585 – FLoC - opting your site out of FLoC if desired

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

Discussion Resources

https://curiosum.dev
https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-key-skills-junior – Blog post with numerous links and resources
https://xkcd.com/242/
https://curiosum.dev/blog/elixir-phoenix-liveview-messenger-part-4
https://pragprog.com/categories/elixir-phoenix-and-otp/

Guest Information

https://twitter.com/vincentvanbush – Michał Buszkiewicz on Twitter
https://twitter.com/curiosum_dev – Curiosum on Twitter
https://github.com/curiosum-dev – on Github
https://curiosum.dev/blog – Curiosum Blog

Find us online

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Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com
Mark Ericksen - @brainlid
David Bernheisel - @bernheisel
Cade Ward - @cadebward

45: Junior Devs with Michał Buszkiewicz

Thinking Elixir Podcast

45: Junior Devs with Michał Buszkiewicz