---
type: podcast
authors:
  - alex-patterson
  - brittney-postma
episode: 35
guests:
  - laurie-barth
recording_date: July 8, 2021 9:30 AM
season: 1
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
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cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/main-codingcatdev-photo/ni4t43qfcdab90gojuve.png
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/1-35-the-coding-interview-and-transitioning-in-tech-3h3m
excerpt: Laurie Barth joins us to talk about her transition from working on docs with Gatsby to becoming a Software Engineer at Netflix and the coding interviews along the way.
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-1-35-the-coding-interview-and-transitioning-in-tech
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    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Polywork',
      site: 'https://www.polywork.com/brittneypostma'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'DevelopHer - motivational book geared towards women',
      site: 'https://developher.com/book/'
    },
    {
      author: 'laurie-barth',
      name: 'Code Girls - book about female code breakers during WW II',
      site: 'https://www.amazon.com/Code-Girls-Untold-American-Breakers/dp/0316439894'
    },
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      author: 'laurie-barth',
      name: 'Drop - mechanical keyboard shop',
      site: 'https://drop.com/home'
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spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gJkRx54iHw3CORwlF9qzw?si=NfIUKSRxSouH4ErIxoNQoQ
start: September 8, 2021
title: The Coding Interview and Transitioning in Tech
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm6Xv55S8GA
---

## Questions

1. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you got started in tech?
2. Recently you transitioned from Gatsby to Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, what sparked this move?
   1. Job changes within Gatsby (backend, docs, middleend, frontend tooling)
   2. Job titles
   3. Small vs Large Team
3. What types of jobs were you applying for?
4. How did you find interviewing at different companies, what did you like or not like?
5. What (if anything) needs to change with coding interviews?

## Links

[CSS Tricks - How to Contribute to an Open Source Project](https://css-tricks.com/how-to-contribute-to-an-open-source-project/)
