You Got This was an initiative to provide resources and spaces to discuss core skills. While I announced that You Got This is coming to a close, it was important to me that the content was presereved in a way that won't be jeopardized for lack of ongoing funding.

All of the talks have been uploaded to YouTube and articles hosted as sub-pages of this website (all categorized and linked below). Thank you again to all of the contributors to this project over the 5 years it ran.

If you want to see the content oragnized by event, then take a look at the YouTube Playlists.

Categories

• Skip to Career Development and Navigation
• Skip to Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Skip to Mental Health and Well-Being
• Skip to Remote and Modern Work
• Skip to Professional Growth and Learning
• Skip to Leadership and Management
• Skip to Freelance and Business
• Skip to Personal Development and Boundaries
• Skip to Interviewing and Job Search
• Skip to Ethics and Inclusivity

Career Development and Navigation

• Accelerating Your Career in a Startup by Nikki Christofi
• Moving On From Being a Junior by Tara Ojo
• A Discussion on Early-Career Salaries between Kimberley Cook, Sean Tracey, and Leo Riviera
• Due Diligence On Your Next Employer by Wesley Faulkner
• Early Career Negotiation by Jess Rose
• Individual Contributor to Manager: Navigating the Shift by Myrsini Koukiasa
• Navigating the Management Ladder in Tech by Vahid Panjganj
• Planning and Preparing For Your Next Role by Rachel Lee Nabors
• Your Career and the Power of Informed Choices by Sarah Vick
• Being a Second Career Dev In Your 30s by Ben Greenberg
• Yes! Even You Have Transferable Skills by Anna McDougall
• Pivot! Changing Your Career Path by Malcolm Xavier
• Understanding Equity In Compensation Packages by Winston Bonnheim
• Preparing To Break Up With Your Employer by Heidi Waterhouse
• How To Quit With Confidence by Amber Shand
• Understanding Unions in the Tech Trade by Dan Parkes
• Cooking Up Success: The Recipe for Your First Job by Caris Young
• Making Your First Days Count by Nathaniel Okenwa
• Tautology and Business Value by Heidi Waterhouse
• Navigating Redundancy by Suze Shardlow
• How to Align Your Values With Your Job by Laura Morinigo
• Understanding the Power of Pivot Skills While Hiring by Ben Greenberg (article)
• Understanding Your Personal Growth by Kestral Gaian (article)

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• The Art of Communication by Katie Walker
• Begin Active Listening Today by Adi Dickens
• The Subtle Art of Asking for Things by Kurt Kemple
• How to Present Your Accomplishments by Lucy Jones
• How To Tell Better Stories by Justin Garrison
• Navigating Different Communication Styles by Owen Niblock
• Using Storytelling Techniques in Technical Communication by Lola Odelola
• The Art of Instructional Writing by Kevin Lewis
• Writing An Effective Tech Spec by Linna La
• Improving Cross-Cultural Co-Operation by Agnieszka Chęś
• Strategies For Cross-Cultural Workplaces by Juan Pablo Flores
• Language And Cultural Inclusivity At Work by Ramón Huidobro and Taryn Musgrave
• Making Disagreements at Work Positive by Claire Knight
• Making Your Hard Work Visible by Gargi Sharma
• Adapting to Ever-Evolving Language by Mia Moore
• An Introvert's Guide to Networking by Harshil Agrawal
• How to Apologize by Bekah Hawrot Weigel
• Writing Accessible Documentation by Sofia Emelianova
• Presenting Your Thoughts at the Right Level of Granularity by Leon Barnard
• From Conflict To Cooperation by Jordan M Adler
• Improve Your Writing Using Accessible Language by Adi Dickens
• Feedback: How to Have Taste and Not Be Afraid to Use It by Ben Bartle
• Authentically Maintaining Professional Relationships by Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Mental Health and Well-Being

• It's Not Your Job To Love Your Job by Keziyah Lewis
• The Breaking Point: Recovering from Burnout by Pauline Narvas
• Stress and Depression – a Taboo in our Time by Gitte Klitgaard
• How to Talk About Mental Health to Combat Stigma by Kai Katschthaler
• Understanding and Looking After Your Mental Health by Gem Hill
• Perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome, and Anxiety by Jo Franchetti
• Self-Care: Beyond the Hashtags by Taylor Morrison
• The Value of Taking Breaks From Work by Viktoriya Agova
• Building a Burnout-Resistant Life in Developer Relations by Tara King
• Resiliency, Treatment-Resistant Depression, and Neurodivergence by Alida Weatherbee
• Normalize Talking About Therapy At Work by Leon Barnard
• Maintaining The Joy Of Programming by Colby Sites
• No One Is Good At Work: A Discussion between Kevin Lewis and Floor Drees
• Balancing Side Projects and ADHD by Luke Murphy
• Teaching Resilience Through Stoicism by Sanne Visser
• Why You Really Need To Get Out More by Sophie Lovejoy

Remote and Modern Work

• Principles for Asynchronous Working by Joe Nash
• Building Community In Remote and Hybrid Workplaces by Eileen Whitener
• Building Team Trust Virtually by Carol Huang
• Escaping Isolation While Working Remotely by Niamh Mccooey
• Making #RemoteWork Actually Work by Lauren Schaefer
• Understanding Your Remote Working Style by Sylwia Vargas
• Making the Most of Your Video Call Setup by Felix Kerger
• The Power of Co-Working by Suze Shardlow
• Find A Job For Long-Term Remote Work Success by Leon Barnard
• The Mechanics Of Recording Time by Lorraine P (article)
• Juggling Parenthood and Work by Bekah Hawrot Weigel (article)

Professional Growth and Learning

• Learn Smarter, Not Harder by Andrew MacLean
• Learning is a Skill You Can Practice by Magda Stenius
• What Does It Mean To Really Learn In Public? by Rizèl Scarlett
• Learning to Invest in Your Future by Matthew Gilliard
• The Challenges of Knowledge Distribution by Jessica Cregg
• You Can Share Knowledge by Sascha Wolf
• Atomic Notes: A "Modern" Approach to Notetaking by Ben Hong
• How To Effectively Take Notes as a Team by Cassidy Williams
• The Transformative Power of Junior Developers by Sam Morgan
• How to Find Your Perfect Mentor by Amina Adewusi
• Overcoming Bloggers' Block by Terence Eden
• Not Knowing is a Part of Learning by Ramón Huidobro
• Getting Started With Standards by Lola Odelola
• Enabling a Product Thinking Mindset by Chris Compston
• The ABCs of Shadowing by Magda Miu
• Essential Skills for Open Source Contributors by Bekah Hawrot Weigel
• Soliciting Feedback and Help by Jessica Cregg (article)
• How to Set Realistic Goals by Amber Shand (article)

Leadership and Management

• Becoming A Leader In Your Team by Jason St-Cyr
• Career Progression Without Management by Aaron Bassett
• Developing Your Team by Applying Game Design by Melinda Seckington
• Making Your 1-1s Effective by Naomi Pentrel
• Making Your Meetings Effective by Naomi Pentrel
• Managing Your Team in a Time of Overload by Piotr Nabielec
• Being an Impactful Mentor by Julianne Burke
• Mentoring Interns Wherever They Are by Amy Arambulo Negrette
• Meeting Technique: Speaking In Rounds by Benjamin Reitzammer
• Creating Effective On-Call Workflows by Bianca Costache
• Company Culture, Performance Reviews and You by Ruth Lee
• WTF are OKRs by Michael Heap
• Classroom Management Strategies for Workplace Triumph by Andrew Maclean
• Projects Going Rogue: How To Tame Chaos by Megan Darling
• Personal Retrospectives for Self Guided Managers by Praveena Fernandes
• A Manager's Guide to Building OKRs by Michael Heap (article)
• Collaborating with Other Teams by Kestral Gaian (article)

Freelance and Business

• Doing It All: Balancing The Work of Freelance by Jake Hall
• The Freelancer's Guide to Context Switching by Mia Rodriguez
• Getting Paid as a Freelancer by Matthew Revell
• Words of Advice for the Budding Freelancer by Kevin Lewis
• Attracting Clients Through Content Marketing by Esther Agbaje
• Legal Tips To Build Your Business Safely by Neil Brown
• How A Contract Can Save Your Butt by Ashley Baxter
• Where Did All My Money Go? by Paula Muldoon
• Buying Back Your Time by Akash Goswami
• Navigating Freelance Nightmares by Paul Clarke

Personal Development and Boundaries

• Changing Your Mind by Eriol Fox
• How and When to Say Yes by Nathaniel Okenwa
• How and When To Say No by Nathaniel Okenwa
• Communicating And Upholding Your Boundaries by Suze Shardlow
• Recognizing Behaviors and Communicating Boundaries by Klaartje Van Zwoll
• Understanding Your Relationship With Time by Carol Huang
• Embracing Failure As Personal Growth by Kimberley Cook
• Getting Unstuck and Solving Problems by Steven Hicks
• Recognizing and Overcoming Self-Sabotage by Arit Developer
• The Mastery of Saying 'Fuck it!' by Jenn Junod
• Understanding and Cultivating Independence by Violet Pẽna
• How and When to Walk Away by Adi Dickens
• Beating Stage Fright by Aditya Oberai
• My Story of Learning to Ask for Help by Veerle Verhagen
• The Art of Failing, Inspired by Mindful Parenting by Tomasz Smaczny
• Protecting Yourself When Things Go Wrong by Danae Shell
• Understanding And Building Reputation by Michael Heap (article)
• The Power Of Persuasion: Negotiation For Techies by Suze Shardlow (article)

Interviewing and Job Search

• Tips To Ace A Job Interview by Magda Miu
• Host Your Interviews Like A Golden Globe Winner by Kai Katschthaler
• Interview Your Next Manager by Marcos Placona
• UX Your CV by Matt Rose
• UI Your Interview by Matt Rose
• How to be Seen as a Professional on LinkedIn by Kara Dennison
• Understanding the Candidate Journey by Ludmila Tomperi
• A People Pleaser's Guide to Salary Negotiation by Colleen Lavin
• Negotiating After Your Start Date by Jeanine Mendez

Ethics and Inclusivity

• What Civil Engineering Can Teach Us About Ethics by Richard Westenra
• The What, How, and Why of a Code of Ethics by Catherine Flick
• Walking Across The Ethical Minefield by Kestral Gaian
• Staying Ethical in a Generative AI World by Naiyarah Hussain
• Building an Equitable Web by Olu Niyi Awosusi
• Creating Inclusive Cultures with Empathy by Sharon Steed
• Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons
• Understanding Labels We Give Ourselves and Others by Daria Dorda
• Openly Stealth: Being Transgender at Work by Alex Papadopoulos
• Understanding the 'Why' Around Neurodivergent Inclusive Web Design by Owen Niblock
• Morality and Ethics: Caring is Everything by Sam Warner
• Engaging with Activism Online by Lola Odelola
• When Moving Too Fast Really Does Break Things by Vidhika Bansal by Vidhika Bansal
• Accessibility for Developers by Franziska Hauck
• Tech, Neurodiversity and a Lot of Odd Angles… by Matthew Parker and David Atkinson
• Oh No - Tech Bro! by Elise Beer