overcoming fear in this economy w/ shruti kapoor, staff eng at slack
guest: shruti kapoor, staff engineer at slack
- start building your network inside your company before layoffs hit, then move those connections to linkedin
- ask coworkers for written or verbal recommendations now so you have them ready for future interviews
- prepare for front end interviews by studying state management, css, and interactivity instead of pure leetcode style questions
- ask recruiters whether an interview will focus on data structures and cs algorithms or practical javascript so you know how to prepare
- update your resume and collect project details now so you are not writing it emotionally after a layoff