The technical interview advice I wish someone gave me years ago
Nov 22, 2025 | Guides
I got my start in tech a long time ago, back when web development felt a bit like the Wild West and any hardware you cobbled together counted as real-world experience. I wasn’t competing with bootcamps, coding platforms, or a sea of polished LinkedIn profiles. If you could build a website that didn’t fall over and hack together some JavaScript, or even keep a few Perl scripts and cron jobs running, you were already ahead of the pack. But a lot has changed since then. The competition is tougher, the expectations are higher, and the interview process has turned into its own little ecosystem that rewards those who know how to navigate it.