It's about Who You Know: An Introvert's Guide to Networking (and Becoming Amazing at LinkedIn), with Stephanie Chiu from PayPal

<p><strong>🎙 About the episode</strong></p><p><br><strong>Meet Stephanie Chiu 🇺🇸! </strong>Stephanie is a self-taught iOS software engineer and career coach. She's also a chemical engineer who thought she would never code... until she met people who actually worked in tech!</p><p>In this episode, you'll learn everything about her path to becoming a developer and landing her first job at PayPal! You'll also learn how important it was for Stephanie to be a part of a local developer community. Stephanie will teach you how to optimize your LinkedIn (and think about what recruiters see), seek mentorship, and reach out to senior developers for coffee chats, even if you're introverted.</p><p>Stephanie and Alex share excellent tips to help you find your niche and stand out as a new developer. They also discuss predictions for the state of the industry and job market in 2023.  </p><p><strong>🔗 Connect with Stephanie</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theroadtotech/">📸 Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-chiu/">👩‍💼 Linkedin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.roadtotech.com">🌐 Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/selftaughtstph">🐦 Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/stephaniechiu">👩‍🚀 Github</a></li> </ul><p><strong>⏰ Timestamps</strong></p><ul> <li>How Stephanie started coding even though she thought she would never do that (01:36)</li> <li>The life of a chemical engineer working as a production supervisor and why Stephanie wanted to change careers (04:28)</li> <li>The collaborative nature of getting into tech and how to do coffee chats with developers (05:52)</li> <li>Why you should go to hackathons (07:13)</li> <li>Why getting out of your comfort zone can lead to cool stuff (08:17)</li> <li>How Stephanie surrounded herself with tech people and why that was helpful (09:16)</li> <li>Should a junior developer work remotely or in person? (11:48)</li> <li>Ad break! Reading your podcast reviews + next week on the show: a comedian-turned-de