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I spend a third of my life sleeping, and I probably spend a quarter of it on my terminal, and I don’t even use vim. I want to spend these hours getting things done, not trying to remember commands, or…
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The 5-year mark feels like a milestone when we think about a Software Developer’s career. 5+ years of experience is a common requirement to see on a job posting. While five years is commonly seen as…
I got my first job during my second year of University. I was woefully unprepared for my career as a developer. All I knew at that point was basic data structures and how to copy-paste code from…
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If you’re a developer thinking about starting a blog, you might be worried because you haven’t written anything since putting together a paper for a college course. I was in the same boat a few months…
Over the last five years, I’ve been in over a hundred coding interviews. I conducted a majority of them as an interviewer, and in about 15 of them, I was a nervous interviewee looking for a job. In…
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Searching for a new job can be a daunting experience. It’s extremely discouraging to apply to dozens of positions online only to hear back from one or two, if any. In this post, I’ll walk through how…
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I’ve done a lot of pairing over the last few years, and I’ve made notes on what has worked well, and what hasn’t. Often, I’ve found it harder to navigate than drive. But, I’ve gotten a lot better with…
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Onboarding to a new company can be an overwhelming experience, even more so now that everyone is remote. It’s easy to get into a state of information overload. As a developer, you’ll not only have to…
It feels like every month there’s another security breach . Thousands, sometimes millions of accounts and passwords are compromised whenever this happens. If you are active on the internet, it’s…
