Val Karpov - Principal Engineer at Booster Fuels, Maintainer of Mongoose.

Junior to Senior with David Guttman

Talking Points:

• Open Source Project
• Writing Skills
• Self Promotion
• Key differences in Junior and Senior Engineers
• Developing Code Ownership
• Creating Tech Talks And Blog Posts

Quotable Quotes:

• “I absolutely recommend taking over an open-source project. It’s a great way to get experience.” - VK
• “Writing is a very important skill, especially in modern times.” - VK
• “Written [ instead of spoken ] information can be extremely valuable to people as they can search for it after.” - VK
• “[ Promoting yourself ] can be off-putting to a lot of developers, but it is something if you want to get from junior to senior, you need to push through.” - VK
• “To be a senior engineer, you need to be someone your manager wants to promote to a senior engineer.” - VK
• “Being responsible for things going wrong you need to have both the self-responsibility to go in and fix it, as well as have the peace of mind that you are doing your best.” - VK
• “Even if you can’t fix it now, you won’t get fired for it tomorrow.” - VK
• “Always stay calm no matter what you see happening.” - VK
• “Sharing your ideas in a confident manner is great for demonstrating your leadership.” - DG
• “Giving talks and making blog post can give you the recognition you need to have your resume pulled out of the pile.” - VK

Notes:
Val’s Twitter
twitter.com/code_barbarian
Val’s GitHub
github.com/vkarpov15
Val’s Blogs:
masteringjs.io/
thecodebarbarian.com/
Val’s js.la Talk:
What I Wish I Knew When I Became an Oss Maintainer
Atomic Habits
jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io