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 … Read more
Need help leaving your current position as you have just accepted another job offer? Resign from your job, 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 are now faced with … Read more
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 … Read more
What is programmer imposter syndrome? Imposter syndrome symptoms: These symptoms ring true to you? Welcome to Software Development world! You’ll like it here. Here’s the thing, what you’re experiencing is extremely common. Literally everyone has experienced the symptoms you’re going through at a point or another in their career. It’s as important to understand why … Read more
Let’s start by generalizing / categorizing programmers – it’ll be faster this way. There are 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 … Read more
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 … Read more
As a junior, intermediate and sometimes (unfortunately) even senior software developer, you might face a coding challenge as one of the steps in your interview process with a new potential employer. The programming challenges can take a few forms, an algorithmic / logic challenge on an established platform, an in-house test, an algorithmic / logic … Read more
Passion is Everything Passion is a sure way of differentiating yourself from competition Hiring managers that are interviewing a junior software developer won’t typically expect the candidate to be a fully functional self sufficient member of the team that’ll take their project from A-Z. If they do, consider going for a jog right then and … Read more
Writing a perfect resume is a fine art We do our best to find the right balance between the most descriptive words that justly portray our experience and keeping it generic in order not to get disqualified by overly picky recruiters / HR. In fact, an eye tracking study has showed that on average, recruiters … Read more