What if you finally get your break in the Tech Industry and you don't like your job?

That's the predicament that a lot of junior developers face when they break into the industry. Beggars can't be choosers, right? Stephen Santiago had a job that he wasn't super thrilled about when he first started. Working with older or less popular technology, weird practices, and more can sometimes be a real buzzkill when we're so used to the "latest and greatest" everything as developers. Stephen shares his tips on how to best handle a job that doesn't live up to your expectations.

We also dig into Stephen's career path from construction to programming, PHP, Drupal, and what it's like to work at a well-known design agency here in Orlando!

Show Notes

• 0:10 - Intro
• 0:52 - Welcome
• 1:15 - Stephen intro
• 2:54 - Purple Rock Scissors (PRS)
• 6:45 - Retention
• 9:00 - Questions to ask a new employer
• 10:07 - Stephen’s start in programing
• 12:28 - Working construction
• 14:30 - Doubling down on self learning
• 16:13 - What is Drupal
• 18:15 - How much PHP working with Drupal
• 19:52 - Using plugins
• 20:20 - Where you learning Drupal while working construction
• 21:12 - What were you studying while learning to code
• 22:22 - How did you learn PHP
• 23:04 - What is SAS?
• 24:16 - Stephen’s first job
• 25:40 - What is FTP?
• 28:11 - Trouble with FTP
• 31:58 - Best way talk to management about new tech and techniques or should you look for a new job
• 37:29 - Working at an agency
• 38:24 - Interviewing at PRS
• 42:02 - Did you know Drupal before working with PRS
• 47:12 - Culture at PRS
• 50:00 - Working in quarantine
• 54:01 - Nerd minute
• 54:40 - Mr Robot and darknet diaries
• 58:00 - Tiger King
• 1:03:01 - Metal Gear Solid 2
• 1:04:00 - Chasm
• 1:06:10 - Stephen social media
• 1:06:35 - Outro