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The #1 Way To Grow Your Personal Brand As A Developer

Strong personal brand gives you even stronger job prospects. We discuss your #1 strategy for growing that in this article.

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Why Is It Worth To Attend Local Meetups?

In April 2019, I've moved from a medium-sized city in Poland to London, one of the biggest cities in...

Things I Learned When I Started As A Dev

Disclaimer Highly subjective post from the perspective of a junior d...

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Who/What Should I Follow On Instagram For Web-Dev?

I am great at LinkedIn but when it comes to Instagram I'm an Insta-loser. I just don't know how to...

Work Stress In It: Why It Matters And How To Tackle 2 Common Issues

In the modern-day of age requirements for a person to be good at their job have developed far beyond...

List Of Resources For Junior Developers

Originally published here Starting on programming can be very exciting but at the same time scary. A...

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Selective Extraversion

I went on as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think I ever spoke. I wanted to understand...

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Increasing Your Impact

One major thing which is required for your career growth is your ability to create value.

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What Should Be In A Front End Developer's Portfolio Site To Impress The Client Or Recruiter?

question about front end developer's portfolio

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The Best Thing About My Job Is ___

A) Unlimited LaCroix B) Working remotely C) Wearing t-shirts to work Or share your own answer.

Things I Learned From A Senior Developer

This is trending right now on another respected site so I thought I'd share it here. https://neilkak...

If Your Manager Told You To Spend The Next Two Weeks Working On Any "Fun And Fulfilling" Project At Work, What Would You Do?

Given this freedom, what do you take on?

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Never Too Late To Learn: My (Meandering) Path To A Career In Software Engineering

If you've ever considered pursuing a career in software engineering but thought you were too old or t...

Three Things That Helped Me In My Career

The point of this article is explaining how one habit in our lives and the lessons learned from it ca...

This Is Bs: How And Why "Inclusive" Conferences Are Screwing Up (Starting From The Top)

From the perspective of one of the deeply marginalized groups they're trying to recruit without paying for our time or knowledge.

What Is Your Daily Routine?

A thread to share your regular routine, and to discuss other people's flows.

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Join My Discord Community

I have decided to create a Discord community and I would love to tell you why you should join it.

Why Devcon Zambia Is Important To Me

TL;DR - It's changing lives

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Questions For Interviewers From A Developer ?

The original article is posted on boobo94.xyz What questions for interviewers mean? Do you remember...

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How To Finish What They Started?

So you're a new hire at your new company, you feel excited, and you want to jump right in. Your mana...

Tragically Underrated Soft Skill: Requirements Management

As developers, we have a mountain of technical skills we try to master. As junior developers, we tr...

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How To Protect Your Eyes As A Software Developer

As someone who has battled with eye issue in the past, I thought I’d provide the developer community...

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Interview With Cassidy Williams: 3 Ways To Deconstruct Problems That Cause Imposter Syndrome

In July, Cassidy Williams and I got on a call and talked about her career experiences....

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Developers Mentoring Other Developers: Practices I'Ve Seen Work Well

How does mentoring work? I asked this question ten years into my software engineering career when I j...

How I Went From Charging $100 To $10,000+ For A Website

In this video I'm sharing how I went from charging $100 and a coffee card to $10,000 (sometimes more) per website/app as a freelance web developer.

I Just Did My First Guest Podcast And I'M Giving Away A Free Study Course For Aws Certification!

I just did a podcast with Skill Pathway on how important it is to add Cloud Computing to your list of...

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Soft Coder / 3x3 Des Daily Standup

Egal ob Kanban oder Scrum, täglich grüßt das Daily Standup. Das Team hat 15 Minuten, um die...

When Is Learning What To Google Good Enough?

Let's say you never really learn regex. You know how and when to use it, but you never quite get past...

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I Am Going To Automate You With Python | Reverse Python Lab

Hey DEV Network! In this lab, I am going to automate you with Python so you will start to fly end of...

Should I Incorporate? The Knowledge Worker's Dilemma

Many readers have asked me over time if I think they should incorporate. Here's my take.

New Job, What Kind Of Projects Should I Put In Cv?

I am frontend developer, work in Angular and ReactJS. I want to change my job, this is my first job a...

Ultimate Guide To Become A Real Programmer

Beginning my career I met a senior developer who was writing code like this:   I have done a lot...

Your Side Project Is Useful, Even If No One Uses It

This is what most of my GitHub repositories look like: A few of my projects have a dozen or so sta...

Being A Lifelong Learner

I always say that being a professional student would be my ideal job. I'm never more at home than I a...

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Canadians Beware! The Personal Service Business

In Canada, for the past few years, the CRA (the Canadian version of the IRS), has been cracking down...

How To Make Your Tech Linkedin Profile Rock

These LinkedIn hacks will make recruiters flood your inbox with job offers.

Career Assistance

Good evening. I have avoided making this post for quite some time, because I didn't know exactly how...

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable - Conference Edition

Tips for making the most of a tech conference, especially if you're an introvert!

My Journey From Banker To Software Engineer

Details my journey from Banker to a software engineer

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Strive To Be Known For How You Made People Feel And Not What You've Done

Some thoughts on my career in technology so far and what I plan to focus on going forward

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Why I Won't Hire You - 5 Honest Tips To A Better Cv

5 tips on avoiding common problems when writing a resume. Based on personal recruiting experience.

🏝 Remote Work “Office Hours”

Today I’m excited to announce my new initiative - Remote Work “Office Hours.” I will be dedicating 2-3 hours every week (20 min time slots) to answer your questions about working remotely as a developer. It’s completely free and aims to help everyone who wants to learn more about remote work.

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A Linter: The Magic Bullet To Improve Your Engineering Team

A linter is formally classified as a Static Code Analysis tool. It is usually a command line tool and...

Finding A Tech Job Made Easy

As a computer science graduate of Northern Illinois University. I would like to share my experience a...

Job Search Resources And Tips

How I am tackling my job search for a junior software engineer role

Four Things In Coding Careers I Wish I Knew Starting My Cs Major

In my sophomore year of college, I took a web development course and got really into the class, havin...

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How To Be A Better Developer

Introduction So, if you reading this article then I can assume you are looking for ways to...

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What Is A Good Team Lead In Your Opinion?

What is the most important quality for the team lead?

My 2-Way Experiences With Interviews

From my interactions with peers, I’ve found most of us (if not all) often dread interviews,...

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A Quick Review Of Javascript’S Array.Prototype.Sort() Method

a quick review of javascript’s Array.protoype.sort() method using json

Finding The Courage To Code

Once I overheard someone describe a kid they met that knew he wanted to be a podiatrist 👣👨‍⚕️ at ag...

Always Be Improving

You should always improving, but should you strengthen a strength or improve a weakness? G...

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9 Software Engineering Job Search And Interview Tips From The Last 3 Years

Over the last three years, I was at a startup, a large company, and a smaller company inside a larger...

A Ceo's #1 Tip On How Stand Out As A New Full-Stack Developer In A Competitive Market ⚡

The full-stack market is saturated with newbies. There are radical ways however you can stand out from the crowd.

What Are Your Thoughts On Self-Comparison?

During one of the online courses I have taken, there was a discussion about the social comparison theory.

On Being A Professional

What does it mean to be a professional ?

Let's Talk About Some Amazing Women In My Life

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel during a Women of ID8 Luncheon, which...

Dev Parents, How Do You Do It?

How do parents who work in tech balance parenting and their careers?