Ben Junya - Lead Front-End Engineer

Featuring Ben Junya, js.la co-organizer and Lead Front-End Engineer at StaffMeUp Talking Points: What does it mean to be a creator? Positive aspects of creating your own programs. Find the differences between SAS companies and Agencies. Day-in-the-life of Ben Junya. Ben’s process in application development. How to rapidly progress your communication skills. How to become better at predicting edge-cases. Challenges Ben faces when converting a website from PHP to JavaScript. Ben’s favorite attributes of an applicant. The importance of constructive disagreements. Advice to bootcamp graduates. What technology is Ben excited to start using? Quotable Quotes: “Video games can teach you a LOT about UX” - BJ “I like to put myself in the shoes of the user.” - BJ “People are all very very different and by working on different teams, products, customers, you will find that everyone communicates in different ways” - BJ “Knowing your audience and knowing how to tailor your words to get your point across to that person is incredibly important.” - BJ “To learn about more edge cases, you constantly have to keep building stuff.” - BJ “I view coding and learning as playing. Because when you play with something you learn the limitations of it, you find what it can and cannot do.” - BJ “I always ask my backend team ’What is the easiest way I can send this information to you?’“- BJ “What I am looking for is someone who can backup their answers with facts, articles, official documentation…” - BJ “If a developer’s opinion was proven wrong and they are able to not take it personally, that is something I really, really look for. That thoughtfulness, that humility is what I look for when interviewing candidates.” - BJ “Seeing a person’s past projects is a nice little window into a person’s head. What makes them tick?” - BJ “Don’t stop building. Keep on building stuff. That is the best advice I can give you.” - BJ “After your bootcamp is over, your work is not done.” - BJ “A lot of programming is frustration. Every day you will be asked to do something you have never done before. [ …. ] Being comfortable with being uncomfortable is important.” - BJ “You have all of these amazing tools available to you on the internet to use and no one to stop you from using them. Do it!” - BJ Notes: Ben’s email [email protected] Ben’s Medium https://medium.com/@MrBenJ The Book Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg Junior-to-Senior Community community.juniortosenior.io