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title: Wes Bos - Your Web Boss
date: 2022-02-08T05:00:00-05:00
author: Sean Smith
canonical_url: "https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-3/wes-bos-your-web-boss/"
section: Podcast
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<!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-BEGIN\]\]>[Skip to main content](#main-content)![Wes Bos](https://website101podcast.com/uploads/hosts/_200x200_crop_center-center_none/wesbox.jpg)Guest Wes Bos

I'm a full Stack JavaScript developer from Canada ??. I create free + premium courses and do a twice-weekly podcast called Syntax.

<https://wesbos.com/>[ ](https://twitter.com/wesbos)

Season 05 Episode 3 – Feb 08, 2022   
44:58 [Show Notes](#show-notes)

## Wes Bos - Your Web Boss

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We talk to Wes Bos all about web development, soft skills, and everything needed to succeed in web development.

<a name="show-notes"></a>### Show Notes

- Wes's history and background in web development
- How does Wes learn enough on a new technology to start teaching it?
- How to decide what to learn with new technology or languages
- Important advice for a new developer
- Most important technical skill
- Learn the fundamentals
- No code design
- Weakest development skill
- Online courses vs Bootcamps
- Emerging technology

### Show Links

- [Canada Learning Code](https://www.canadalearningcode.ca/)
- [Amanda Lutz's episode](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-2/how-to-talk-to-your-web-developer/)
- [Juno College (Previously Hacker You)](https://junocollege.com/)
- [The Great Divide (Chris Coyier)](https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/)
- [Beginner Javascript](https://beginnerjavascript.com/)
- [Owen Craig's Episode](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-11/from-novice-to-bootcamp-instructor/)
- [Purchasing power parity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity)
- [Javascript 30](https://javascript30.com/)
- [All Wes Bos courses](https://wesbos.com/courses)
- [Wordpress](https://wordpress.org/)
- [Svelt](https://svelte.dev/)
- [Svelt Kit](https://kit.svelte.dev/)
- [Prisma](https://www.prisma.io/)
- [Sanity](https://www.sanity.io/)

Have a question for Sean, Mike, and Amanda? [Send us an email](/contact).

[![Listen on Google Play Music](/assets/images/google_podcasts_badge@2x.png)](https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWJzaXRlMTAxcG9kY2FzdC5jb20vZmVlZC5yc3M%3D)[![itunes badge](/assets/images/itunes-badge.png)](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/website-101-podcast/id1449510012)[![itunes badge](/assets/images/spotify-logo.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/3rmSM1R9t6q1U8DmYWJRSO?si=NrYPMgDaRV6Dd56PjEaPow)### Season 05

- 1 [ Meet your Host - Sean](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-1/meet-your-host-sean/)
- 2 [ Meet Your Host - Mike Mella](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-2/meet-your-host-mike-mella/)
- 3 [ Wes Bos - Your Web Boss](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-3/wes-bos-your-web-boss/)
- 4 [ Tailwind CSS with Adam Wathan](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-4/tailwind-css-with-adam-wathan/)
- 5 [ Starting my own Website with Bill Campbell](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-5/starting-my-own-website-with-bill-campbell/)
- 6 [ CSS is Awesome with Kevin Powell](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-6/css-is-awesome-with-kevin-powell/)
- 7 [ Meet Your Host - Amanda](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-7/meet-your-host-amanda/)
- 8 [ 11 Things to avoid doing on your website](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-8/11-things-to-avoid-doing-on-your-website/)
- 9 [ Vanilla Javascript - Fundamentals before Frameworks](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-9/vanilla-javascript-fundamentals-before-frameworks/)
- 10 [ Hiring Junior Devs and How to Stand Out from the Crowd](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-10/hiring-junior-devs-and-how-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd/)
- 11 [ AlpineJS with Caleb Porzio: Lightweight javascript in your markup.](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-11/alpinejs-with-caleb-porzio-lightweight-javascript-in-your-markup/)
- 12 [ Contract Opinions From Not a Lawyer](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-12/contract-opinions-from-not-a-lawyer/)
- 13 [ Talking to a New Dev](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-13/talking-to-a-new-dev/)

### All Seasons

- [Season 01](https://website101podcast.com/season/01/)
- [Season 02](https://website101podcast.com/season/02/)
- [Season 03](https://website101podcast.com/season/03/)
- [Season 04](https://website101podcast.com/season/04/)
- [Season 05](https://website101podcast.com/season/05/)
- [Season 06](https://website101podcast.com/season/06/)
- [Season 07](https://website101podcast.com/season/07/)
- [Season 08](https://website101podcast.com/season/08/)
- [Season 09](https://website101podcast.com/season/09/)

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