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How to deal with workplace competition

Aug 2, 2019

How to deal with workplace competition Let's face it, workplace competition is at an all time high, with an estimated 23 million software developers worldwide, and the innate human nature of the desire of being the best, how could there be anything b...

Automation of IT Professionals

Jul 28, 2019

The question of automation has come up a lot recently. And it looks like everyone is feeling the pressure. It is hard to feel like your job is secure when automation threatens virtually every known profession. I would say certain fields are much safe...

Pro tip - two minute read

Jul 17, 2019

Take notes, write down what you have worked on. Companies, technologies, practices. Anything. Doesn't matter. I've been at this for 9 years, and I've forgotten about half of it, and it's a shame really. That is as all useful information to have on yo...

5 Tips on getting pull requests approved

Jun 22, 2019

Quick disclaimer, this article assumes good intentions. If you are looking to get malicious code approved, go somewhere else. TLDR Keep it short Know your audience Add a visual Be respectful Give a little, get a little Intro - pull requests? The un...

Why be a software developer?

Jun 9, 2019

I've been a professional software developer for around a decade now, and I've worked with roughly a dozen code bases, ranging from the tens of thousands to the millions lines of code. And, while line count is no perfect measurement of scale, it does ...

The stupidity about the "best" Programming language

May 18, 2019

A common fallacy worth discussing So, I'm quite certain that you, dear reader, have read an article about the best Programming Languages. And the article looks recommendations look something like this. JavaScript! Because it's really popular, no for...

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