There are no shortcuts | Craft & career growth with Salma Alam-Naylor

Summary
In this episode, Erika talks with Salma Alam-Naylor about software engineering craft, programming best practices, and why the long game beats shortcuts. As AI coding tools proliferate and everyone chases speed, Salma digs into deliberate practice, sustainable career strategies, and building genuine expertise that compounds over time. Perfect for engineers feeling burnout from the hype cycle.

Links
• Salma’s website: whitep4nth3r.com

• 2021 Jamstack Jammies (Community Creator Award) 2021.jamstackconf.com/jammies

• Fat bear week website: explore.org/fat-bear-week

• Hell.com (hell.com) wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell.com

Hosts
• Overcommitted: overcommitted.dev
• Erika (Eggyhead): github.com/eggyhead