Tools Do Not Matter - Jason Lengstorf (Founder, Learn With Jason)

If you've been immersed in the tech world for some time, you probably have heard one specific YouTube channel mentioned more than once - Learn With Jason. It's a project started by Jason Lengstorf, a former VP of developer experience at a web tooling startup (he was a head of developer relations prior to that too), that is aimed at helping everyone navigate the always changing landscape of developer tools and frameworks. Which, by the way, according to Jason do not matter.

In this show, we dive deep in Jason's career path and focus on the less known aspects of climbing the career ladder - things like amassing political capital by doing great work, building visibility by meaningful means that can help cement your reputation, and being able to address business problems as a mechanism to build trust in your own leadership abilities.

You can find Jason on the following sites:

📽️ Learn With Jason (YouTube):    / @codetv-dev  
🏫 Learn With Jason (Website): https://www.learnwithjason.dev/
🕸️ Jason Lengstorf's Website: https://jason.energy
🦋 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jason.energy

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00:25 What is Jason working on
01:23 Jason's start in tech
03:22 Unique abilities that power Jason
04:50 Deciding what to get good at
06:50 Should you have a career map
10:16 Finding a way out of the career ceiling
14:49 Start of Learn with Jason
21:38 Path to executive
27:42 Letting go of IC things
33:56 Leadership is not just delegation
37:45 We're all trying to do the same thing
42:47 Finding the right visibility
44:00 Build reputation as a doer
46:33 Did LWJ contribute to Jason's career?
48:43 Unexpected side-effects of LWJ
51:12 Don't focus on tools
53:20 Being a founder
56:24 Worst case scenario in case of failure
59:48 Unconventional advice
01:02:43 Finding Jason online