Interviews

Swizec's best interview face

I like to share thoughts with new audiences and discover ideas with provocative questions. Here are some of my past appearances.

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10 articles from 2021 · show all

November 2021

The employed consultant

Software engineer, author, and educator Swizec Teller joined me to talk about consulting vs employment in Silicon Valley.

Real World React - Fireside Chat

Benjamin Dunphy interviews Swizec Teller: Senior engineering mindset & leadership for engineers

Advice from a Senior Silicon Valley Engineer

In this episode, you'll learn what Swizec looks for in Junior Developer in 2021 and how you can crack the coding interview by highlighting your potential.

What is a Senior (Engineer) Mindset?

Robby speaks with Swizec Teller, Senior Software Engineer at Tia and author of Serverless for Frontend Engineers. In this conversation, Swizec shares his thoughts on how startups need to learn how to leverage technical debt effectively, an introduction to his book, and the traits of a Senior Engineer Mindset.

October 2021

The senior mindset with Swizec Teller

We talk on the 6 figure developer about what it really takes to be a senior engineer

What it takes to become a senior engineer

In this The New Stack Makers podcast, guests Swizec Teller, a senior software engineer, Tia — a healthcare company— and author, and Shawn Wang, head of developer experience for microservices orchestration platform provider Temporal.io, describe the mindset and other attributes required to become a senior engineer.

September 2021

Difference between Senior and Junior engineer

Swizec and David talk about the key differences between Junior devs and senior devs, the concept of a 10x engineer, and different ways to gain experience quickly.

Swizec on PodRocket

March 2021

Making serverless more accessible for frontend engineers

We talk about serverless and why it's exciting for frontend engineers

January 2021

The value of theory and why not to build an analytics service

Our conversation took an unexpected turn when Swizec started to talk about career and being part of the Silicon Valley ecosystem. He shared what it really means to be part of that environment, which for so many of us we only know a fraction of what goes on there.