#152 Shawn Wang from the "fine I'll do it myself" team

Shawn took us along on his transition from his very well-paid trading job to his career as a developer. We talked about re-using your skills, boot camps, the power of networks, #LearnInPublic, motivation, and much more.

Here are the links from the show:

• Shawn on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/swyx
• Pickup What they Put Down Essay http://swyx.io/PUWTPD
• 30% Off Shawn's Book "The coding career handbook." http://learninpublic.org/?c=DEVTO30

Credits

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