Technology seems like a safe harbor in a stormy economy. Instructor Ray Villalobos answers the most common questions people have about how to look for, find, and get your first job in software development, and helps you build a solid plan for career success. Ray outlines what skills you need to learn, what to do if you’re switching careers, and how to get experience. He discusses how to use networking to create shortcuts for yourself. He also goes over the importance of internships and where to find a job. Ray walks you through the job application process, including how to optimize your profile, prove you can do the job, and prepare for a first phone call screening. Learn how to make it past the screening phase, as well as how to leverage subject matter experts to get prepared for a technical or coding interview. And, for when a successful interviewing process leads to a job offer, Ray shares some steps you should take to decide if the offer is right for you and ways to get your career off to a healthy start.

Get buy-in for your ideas by learning how to pitch them to executives. Learn how to use the Structured Thought and Communication method to define, test, and present your idea.

Discover ways to encourage your employees to bring their best ideas to your organization rather than save them for a future project or side hustle.

Explore a range of options for hosting a site and the core foundations you need to make your site visible.

Learn how to perform basic image editing techniques such as cropping, resizing, masking, and retouching in GIMP, the popular open-source image editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Explore solutions to some of the most common GIMP questions in this collection of concise, straightforward videos. Learn to adjust exposure in photos, improve shadows and highlights, apply artistic effects, create vignettes, paint with patterns, and more.

Learn how to use Git, the popular open-source version control software, to manage the source code for almost any project.

Learn how to use Git as a system administrator. Get real-world strategies for managing and tracking operating system configuration files with Git.

Learn best practices for using Git as a team. Explore techniques and tools that can help you and your team work together harmoniously and quickly deliver high-quality software.

Enhance your Git skillset, and explore key techniques and concepts that can help you work more efficiently with the popular open-source version control software.

Learn how to use the branching, merging, and remote features of Git for code management and collaboration.

Automate your software workflow with GitHub Actions. Learn about the main features of this developer productivity and CI/CD suite of tools.

You've used GitHub. Maybe you’ve established your own workflow. How much do you know about the broader possibilities, though? Test your skills and find new options through this set of challenges. Instructor Ray Villalobos presents a series of brief challenges centered around building a basic app, from making a copy of an existing repo with an empty history to deploying static sites and apps using GitHub. This course aims not only to develop your skills in GitHub, but also to show you some tricks of the trade that you can use every day.

With GitHub Codespaces, a cloud development environment available in your browser, you can start coding faster and contribute code anywhere (and on any machine). In this course, get a first look at Codespaces, as well as how taking a cloud-based approach to programming can transform the way you work. Instructor Walt Ritscher explains how each codespace is associated with one branch of a GitHub repository, as well as how to create your own codespace and view it in the Visual Studio Code application. Walt also highlights how Codespaces provides an easy way to spin up an application container, how to commit and push changes from a codespace repository to GitHub, how to customize the Codespaces code editor, and more. Tune in to learn how to start developing entirely in the cloud with Codespaces.

Get the most from GitHub. Learn how to use features that support and enhance the modern software pipeline.

Learn how to get the most out of GitHub, not just as a code repository, but also as a resource for finding software and connecting with an engaged community.

Get 30 tips and tricks for working more effectively and efficiently in GitHub.

If there is one constant in the software industry, it is the need for both speed and accuracy. GitOps can help fill both needs. GitOps is an operational model that extends DevOps with additional concepts that allow teams to accelerate the delivery of cloud native applications in a manner that is more consistent, reliable, transparent, and secure. In this course, instructor Kevin Bowersox walks you through the basics of the GitOps pattern, its key principles, and its practical use. Using hands-on demonstrations with Kubernetes, Kevin explains building blocks such as declarative configuration, automated change delivery, reconciliation, and more. Throughout the course, you’ll be introduced to a variety of tools you can use that take a GitOps approach, including Terraform, Argo CD, Flux, and Flagger.