The home team chats with Jon Chan, Stack Overflow’s Director of Engineering, Public Platform, about his path from self-taught developer to director of engineering, why his management mantra is “Delegate and elevate,” the profound value of a diverse and inclusive workplace, and the Neopets-to-frontend-development pipeline. Plus, Jon gives excellent advice to all the self-taught developers out there. The post Words of wisdom for self-taught developers (Ep. 431) appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/04/08/words-of-wisdom-for-self-taught-developers-ep-431/
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