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Avoid This Mistake When Proposing A New Idea

Avoid This Mistake When Proposing A New Idea

I asked 7 senior software engineering leaders a simple question: What's your worst mistake when proposing a new idea to stakeholders? One mistake came up repeatedly: not writing a 1 pager for your idea. In this article, I'll discuss the 3 phases of writing a quick

The Patterns of the Most Efficient Software Engineers

The Patterns of the Most Efficient Software Engineers

In a competitive job market, efficiency is more important now than ever. This is especially true in the field of software engineering. With new technologies and approaches emerging every day, it can be difficult to keep up. That's why it's so important to learn from the

A Framework for Learning New Tech Fast

A Framework for Learning New Tech Fast

As time passes in your engineering career you’ll quickly learn that part of being a Software Engineer is learning new technologies and effectively applying them (as quickly as you can). Therefore a prerequisite to this guide is at least a strong fundamental understanding of a single stack (this can

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4 Things You Can Do to Stand Out as a Junior Developer (That Have Nothing to do with Coding)

Technical proficiency doesn’t always parallel career trajectory in software. As it shouldn’t. Luckily, there are 4 ways to stand out on your team even if you aren’t a code wizard...