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Beekey Cheung

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Co-founder / CTO at Eight One BooksBoulder, CO, USA Β· Software Engineering

Experience

Eight One Books
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Dynomantle Technologies
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The Landline Company

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πŸ““About me

I'm a software developer who has built large scale systems (0 - 1 million users over night) and incredibly effective cross functional teams (250+ interviews, 40+ amazing hires). Decided to jump off the career ladder again as my dream has always been to create my own businesses. NOTE: I do not do mock leetcode interviews. I spent my career finding better interview formats, but that won't help you as very few people interview the way I do.

Software Engineering

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⭐️Why I mentor

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πŸ’« Breaking into tech

πŸ›°οΈ Working remotely for the first time

πŸ‘€ Dealing with imposter syndrome

πŸ’° Negotiating a promotion/offer

🎭 Mock interviewing

πŸ–Œ Resume and portfolio review

🌱 Technical career paths

🐣 Becoming a people manager

πŸ—ΊοΈ The technical or people track?

🌟 Preparing for the next level

πŸƒ Getting the most out of my internship

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Here’s what Merit users have said about Beekey

Beekey accepted to participate in my research for my thesis and provided great insight into online user engagement mechanisms. Thanks!

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Jul 18th 2023
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Aug 1st 2023

✍️   Recent Answers

How to recover from a layoff

This is a tough one because it depends so much on the person and the situation they are in. I'm sure I handled being laid off very differently from most. I saw 3 rounds of layoffs in my first internship nearly 20 years ago and so my perspective on employment is different.

I think some of the more generic ways that help are:

  • getting another position (obvious, I know)
  • commiserating with other people who were laid off

Happy to talk about this more if you'd like.

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