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 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

Lion Electric to provide Amazon with 10 electric trucks

Lion Electric is a company located in St-Jerome, Quebec. Founded in 2008, Lion Electric’s 250 employees make electric school buses and other electric vehicles. On Wednesday, Amazon made an announcement stating that this fall it will deploy 10 all-electric trucks from Lion Electric in California as part of its electrification initiative starting in 2021. Meanwhile, in … Read more

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 … Read more

Top 5 best interactive coding challenge websites

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

Tips to Nail a Software Engineering Interview

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

AppDirect raises 185 Million USD

AppDirect is San Francisco-headquartered startup founded by two Canadians, recently raised $185 million USD in funding, bringing the company’s grand total funding to about $465 million USD. APPDIRECT’S LAST FINANCING WAS A $140 MILLION ROUND five years ago La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec led the financing with participation from JPMorgan Chase, Mithril … Read more

How to write a recruiter-friendly resume

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