How to Handle being Laid Off in the Tech Industry
With the current layoffs, we decided to put together a guide on how to deal with losing your job.
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Category: Career Advice
Top 10 Websites any Software Engineer will Love
With more and more talks about the “Big R” coming in 2023, it is crucial to stay current on emerging technologies and market trends in order to remain competitive in the employment market and advance your career as a software engineer. It might be difficult to stay on top of all the latest advancements and […]
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How to Evaluate a Job Offer as a Software Engineer
Should you Accept or Decline a Job Offer? It isn’t unheard of for passive job seeking candidates to remain in their search for a perfect position for weeks / months on end. After a while, you WILL lose focus As your focus scope gets blurred, the reasons for considering a new position may get faded. […]
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5 web app projects for your programming portfolio
For an entry level / junior developer, personal projects are often the holy grail when it comes to starting conversations with recruiters, hiring managers, and ultimately, scoring jobs. Project-based learning (or PBL) also happens to be one of the best, if not THE best way, to get familiar with new technologies, paradigms and approaches you […]
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Questions you should ask when interviewing for a Software Engineering position
Interviewing for a Software Engineer position? Fortunately, the days of one-way interviews are (almost) a thing of the past. It took us some time, but we have finally reached the age of two-way conversations during interviews! Sure, the employer will ask all the necessary questions to assess your technical skillset and the fit with their […]
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How to resign from your job as a software developer
Need help leaving your current position as you have just accepted another job offer? Resign from your job as a software developer, gracefully! The big day has come! You just signed a job offer from a new employer – congrats!!! Everything about the opportunity seems to be an upgrade from your current arrangement. However you […]
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3 reasons why you should write a programming blog
Why you should write a programming blog As a junior and sometimes even intermediate programmer, the competition is often fierce compared to what you will experience a bit later in your career, and that is good news. Differentiating yourself from other developers sounds like an impossibly daunting task. Although differentiating yourself WILL be more time […]
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Essential Guide to overcoming Imposter Syndrome
What is programmer imposter syndrome? Imposter syndrome symptoms: You’re either self-taught developer / programmer or a college educated one You feel like your fellow developers with fancier-than-yours university degrees have more knowledge than you do You lack confidence in your abilities as a developer and think of yourself as unqualified to accomplish the tasks in […]
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How to succeed as a programmer at an early stage startup
Let’s start by generalizing / categorizing programmers – it’ll be faster this way. There is usually 3 types of programmers Common programmer personalities: It isn’t unusual for a developer to be a blend of the three types of programmers with a temporary predominant personality determined by their mood, night of sleep, yesterday’s beers, shower thoughts […]
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Why you should learn VueJS 3
Vue.js 3 released a few hours ago! Here are some pros to VueJS and why you should consider learning it According to the official VueJS GitHub account, Vue.js 3 was just released a few hours ago. As time goes by, VueJS keeps on growing in popularity. Many startup companies and SMEs, use ReactJS or Vue.js […]
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