#1 Angular Core Team Member at Google Shares an Inside Scoop | Mark Thompson (@marktechson)

We had a blast talking with Mark. He's a Googler (Angular Core Team Member to be precise), a mentor, a teacher, etc.

He shares a lot of insights into what things are important to focus on as a developer that will help us to become better every single day.

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Connect with Mark:

https://twitter.com/marktechson

https://marktechson.com/

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Essential JavaScript Libraries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Ps9kYNdYBzU_BkVXX3WF1N3D4lom037

Programmer Girl Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Ps9kYNdYBzypJ6q2gHs4KXlLr5nPrDJ

Programmer React Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Ps9kYNdYBxzuvcKennVHtzLj8dfxMct

Short JavaScript Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Ps9kYNdYBwQGyH_0AA8krDgyIMtrjID

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:37 Meet and Greet

5:09 Inside Scoop into Angular and Google

6:41 How to get hired at Google

10:10 Stinking Thinking

11:10 Learning from Mark

12:40 Getting Hired & Zero Experience

13:46 Importance of mentorship

15:18 Coping up with new things

19:31 Job Hunt Strategy

25:02 When to use Angular

27:45 Importance of Portfolios

29:10 Writing Code Daily?

29:40 GitHub and Resumes

35:58 Video Tutorials vs Documentation

37:30 Coders Quotro

50:10 Outro

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We’ll be waiting to catch up with a fellow techie:)