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+\centerline{\underbar{\lrg NETWORKING INTERVIEW \#1}}
+\centerline{Create a list of \underbar{10} questions to be used in your
+interview in addition to those listed below.}
+
+\smallskip
+\noindent\underbar{\bf Interview \#1}
+\smallskip
+\def\tr{\noalign{\hrule\penalty-5}}
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+    &Date&&2021-05-12&\cr\tr
+    &Name of person interviewed&&Chelsea Green&\cr\tr
+    &Company/Agency/Institution&&7Factor&\cr\tr
+    &Occupation&&Software Developer&\cr\tr
+}
+\smallskip
+
+\vskip 0pt plus -1fil
+\q Describe the training or education needed for this job.
+
+A lot of education happens in workplace experience. Ms Green didn't have
+a CS degree, and actually studied Chemistry in college.
+This meant that she didn't do much programming outside of stats, and
+self-taught web-development skills for doing work.
+Also, some people do boot camps which is a slightly different path, and
+some people will do college degree path.
+Certs can also help level up, but real-world experience is best.
+
+\q What is a typical day or week like?
+
+A lot of context-switching.
+Ms Green works as an engineering manager, so she has 5--7 projects she's
+working on at a time, talking to teammates, other engineers, doing code
+reviews, and speaking with clients.
+
+\q How many hours per day or week does he/she have to work?
+
+Full-time 8-hour day job.
+
+\q What particular duties does he/she find most enjoyable?
+
+Working with clients and figuring out their needs and problems.
+She likes the discovery part of development.
+
+\q What particular aspect of his/her job is liked least?
+
+Pointless meetings.
+
+\q If you observed this person working, what did you find most
+interesting about the job?
+
+N/A
+
+\vfil\eject
+\noindent\underbar{\lrg INTERN-GENERATED QUESTIONS}
+\reset
+
+\q What's the most interesting project you've worked on?
+
+They're all interesting in different ways, and she's enjoyed working on
+the WellEntry project because it was on a very rushed schedule for the
+pandemic.
+
+\q Do you have a favorite language or framework to work with?
+
+JavaScript.
+
+\q How does 7Factor compare to other companies you've worked at?
+
+7Factor is a consulting company, so it's very fast-paced compared to
+other companies she's worked at.
+You're expected to level up quickly, so that's a different experience
+from some other companies.
+There is a lot of change day-to-day.
+
+\q What do you do to prepare for interviews?
+
+Reviewing the background of the person you're talking to
+(resume/LinkedIn). Think of examples of what they do and what's relevant
+to the interview. That goes both ways, so think about what projects the
+company works on if the interviewer, and think about work they'd done if
+it's relevant to the company.
+
+\q How do you maintain work-life balance?
+
+Not always easy. Especially when working from home. Setting boundaries
+around the times she's working is the main thing she deals with. Also,
+she has a separate office, to sort of separate working from other parts
+of the house
+
+\q What separates maintainable from unmaintainable code?
+
+Maintainable code usually has tests. It's much easier to change
+something when you can run automated tests and be confident that the
+change you made didn't break other things. Also, having the code be
+readable and simple is a big one---``clean code.''
+
+\q How do you keep your skills and knowledge up to date?
+
+Done via the job itself. There's always new things to learn and new
+things to learn, so the best way to learn is implementing it on the
+project. She also tries to keep up on soft skills by reading about
+what's going on in the tech industry (books and some news)
+
+\q Has the work-from-home situation during the pandemic been better or
+worse than working in the office?
+
+It hasn't changed much for her personally because she's been working
+from home before.
+However, she now never goes into the office, but she hasn't now met any
+new coworkers or seen clients on-site, but day-to-day is mostly the
+same.
+
+\q How do you build up and develop the skills of the people on your
+team?
+
+Pretty similar for what she does for herself.
+Having them dive in to solve hard problems and figuring things out is
+one of the best ways to do it.
+Providing support to them, encouraging them to learn and be curious is
+really helpful to their professional development.
+
+\q What advice would you give to somebody entering the industry?
+
+It's important to think about problems from more than one vantage point.
+You're not just writing code; you're trying to solve a problem.
+They way that things are presented isn't necessarily the best way for
+them to be solved, so consider the business perspective rather than a
+more narrow perspective.
+Always think about improving and solving problems the most efficient
+way.
+That goes for any level or role because you're there to be a
+problem-solver, so staying in your lane will probably cause issues in
+the long one.
+A holistic point of view is the most valuable one to have.
+
+\vfil\eject
+\bye