Develop Yourself

Brian Jenney

To change careers and land your first job as a Software Engineer, you need more than just great software development skills - you need to develop yourself. Welcome to the podcast that helps you develop your skills, your habits, your network and more, all in hopes of becoming a thriving Software Engineer.

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Develop Yourself

Episodes (320)

Monday The 3 Rites of Passage Every Developer Goes Through (And Nobody Warned Me About)
Mar 30th Build This AI Project and You’re Ahead of 90% of Developers
Mar 23rd The 6 Skills You Need to Become an AI Engineer

Develop Yourself

Apr 6, 2026
8½ minutes
7 MB

I wrote a triple nested for loop that took down a grocery chain's ordering system. I broke buttons across multiple sites as a senior engineering manager at Clorox. And I've sat in rooms feeling like the dumbest engineer there — more than once. In this episode, I break down the three uncomfortable milestones every developer hits: wanting to stop being "the junior guy," shipping code that breaks production in spectacular fashion, and being the weakest engineer in the room. No fluff, no motivational poster garbage — just honest stories from 12+ years in the industry. AI won't save you...

Develop Yourself

The 3 Rites of Passage Every Developer Goes Through (And Nobody Warned Me About)

Brian Jenney

00:00 -07:30