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Career Programming: How You Can Become a Successful 6-Figure Programmer in 6 Months

Career Programming: How You Can Become a Successful 6-Figure Programmer in 6 Months

Career Programming offers a simple 6-month plan that will help you land a 6-figure programming job.

2023

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Career Programming

How I Became Unemployable as a Software Engineer & What I Learned

Being a developer is a creative, highly-paid profession that can even be fun, but it’s also still a job. Here’s what you need to know.

Dec 4, 2024

How I Became Unemployable as a Software Engineer & What I Learned

Dec 4, 2024

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Derek Develops

My 10 Most Popular Programming Articles of All Time

Here are my most-read coding articles, covering React Hooks, JavaScript trivia, and VS Code settings you should know about.

Jun 6, 2024

My 10 Most Popular Programming Articles of All Time

Jun 6, 2024

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Career Programming

I Paid $3,000 for Career Coaching. This 1 Tip Paid Me a 1000% ROI

How would you like to spend $3,000 this year to make $30,000 more salary next year?

Apr 12, 2024

I Paid $3,000 for Career Coaching. This 1 Tip Paid Me a 1000% ROI

Apr 12, 2024

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About Me — Dr. Derek Austin

How I went from web developer, to physical therapist, and then back to frontend UI/UX software engineer.

Mar 27, 2021

About Me — Dr. Derek Austin

Mar 27, 2021

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Derek Develops

I Ignored Every Rule and Made $8,394 on a Single Story.

It was never about being a better creator. Here’s how to make a 6-ingredient, viral hit — no matter what kind of creator you are.

1d ago

I Ignored Every Rule and Made $8,394 on a Single Story.

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React in the Real World

React Native Isn’t Perfect, But I Still Recommend It. Here’s Why

React Native and Expo are still going strong, nearly 10 years later, but are they worth using to build cross-platform apps?

4d ago

React Native Isn’t Perfect, But I Still Recommend It. Here’s Why

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Career Programming

How I Started as a Self-Taught Web Developer (Back in Middle School)

I’ve been building websites for more than 20 years. This is how I taught myself software engineering, starting with “just HTML.”

Jul 2

How I Started as a Self-Taught Web Developer (Back in Middle School)

Jul 2

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Career Programming

You Should Never Apply to a Job Unless You Know the Salary

Recruiters love to bait you into wasting your time, but I have a clear message for them (and the companies that say things “our salary is…

Jun 18

You Should Never Apply to a Job Unless You Know the Salary

Jun 18

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Just JavaScript

Move Over NVM, There’s a New Node Version Manager Sheriff in Town

Did you notice Node.js’s official download page now recommends a second version manager? Here’s the scoop.

Jun 11

Move Over NVM, There’s a New Node Version Manager Sheriff in Town

Jun 11

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Career Programming

How I Used Video Games To Learn How To Type 120 Words Per Minute

I’ve been using video games to improve my typing ever since I got my first computer at age 9. Now, more than 20 years later, I was able to…

Jun 4

How I Used Video Games To Learn How To Type 120 Words Per Minute

Jun 4

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Dr. Derek | Indie Game Dev | Veteran Full-Stack Engineer (20+ yrs) | Doctor of Physical Therapy | MS & BS in Bioinformatics | Graduated college w/MS at age 19.

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