We got disconnected. We have a new room. twitter.com/i/spaces/1ynJO…
Whew. We had some pretty bad technical difficulties on Spaces this time. I think it was mostly still a great conversation. But it brought home to be how important it is for the technology to be rock solid.
As I talk to folks about breaking into tech and growing your career in tech, there are some common themes that crop up. These are things we should talk way more about and give more resources to people.
1. How to get that first job. Whether you're coming out of a bootcamp, self-taught, or coming from a college program. It's difficult to know how to navigate. What jobs are appropriate for your training. How to make the right connections. How to interview well.
2. Salary and other compensation. There is a lot of conversation about negotiating. But I don't just mean that. We need to help folks understand market rates in their area. People need to know what they're worth and when they're being low-balled.
3. Different jobs and career tracks. Even before compensation, we have to help people understand what different kinds of job descriptions they're looking at. The job description changes the compensation and the negotiation and everything else. There's a lot of variety out there.
I like twitter spaces, and I'd like to do more. I have a question for folks who have trouble with audio content. I promised that I would try to make these events more accessible if I kept doing it. Twitter tries to do auto-captioning. But it feels pretty bad to me.
Can anyone who has spent time with the accessibility features of Spaces weigh in? Is it good enough to allow you to follow the content or no?
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