Are you looking for a new job? And do you think that your day-to-day "in the trenches" experience as a software engineer will be enough to get you through the interview process? I thought so too, but I was proven wrong. In my interviewing experience, technical interviews are more about algorithms and data structures than … Continue reading Interview refresher for software engineering
Interpersonal communication skills
I imagine that the article about Interpersonal Communication Coaching left unclarity about what some of these skills are and how they can be used to contribute to making your life more wonderful. Fundamentally, these skills fall under the broad category of Emotional Intelligence. Let me enumerate some of these skills, that I use every day, … Continue reading Interpersonal communication skills
Interpersonal Communication Coaching
This article in a paragraph I'm feeling excited about learning more about Interpersonal Communication Coaching. This means that I'll spend more enabling people to have more effective conversations. I'll help by supporting you in training your "communication skills muscle" to a level that will allow anyone to handle their difficult conversations gracefully. Interested in a … Continue reading Interpersonal Communication Coaching
TLDR – The DevOps Conference 2021
Last week I attended The DevOps conference 2021. I took away a couple of resources that everyone can use, and I wanted to share them with you hoping that they might contribute to your DevOps inspiration. AWS recently released an alternative to the Netflix simian army: https://aws.amazon.com/fis/Cheryl Hung, one of the leaders of the Cloud … Continue reading TLDR – The DevOps Conference 2021
CITCON 2020, a virtual unconference
https://twitter.com/adinnaplus/status/1266772475003768838 Have you heard about open-spaces before? Have you ever been to an unconference? If yes, find something else to read. Otherwise, keep on reading. I'm going to describe how I experienced a virtual unconference I recently attended. By the end, you will have some good reasons to join one. What is an unconference? I've … Continue reading CITCON 2020, a virtual unconference
A framework for handling difficult conversations
Communication is one of the few skills for which the return of investment is immediate, applies to all areas of life and compounds over time.personal insight For a couple of months, difficult conversations have been a topic of great interest to me. The way I used to handle them is to go into conflict avoidance … Continue reading A framework for handling difficult conversations
Checklist for learning Scala
https://twitter.com/ConstantinHoria/status/1351458487088406529 Learning Scala doesn't have to be painful. In a previous article, I proposed the use of a checklist to give structure to learning a new programming language. My intention with this article is to demonstrate how to use a checklist to learn scala. The checklist Mindset Personal why's for learning Scala: I've wanted to … Continue reading Checklist for learning Scala
Checklist for learning a new programming language
Update 22/01/2020: I've applied the checklist to learning Scala and I'm updating it based on that experience. In a workshop that I recently gave, I compared learning a new programming language with learning a new natural language. Depending on your experience, learning a new programming language might be a medium difficulty task or a hard … Continue reading Checklist for learning a new programming language
Mobile app makers review
A friend came to me recently with the idea of creating a mobile app that would support the learning platform that he already has. We discussed what features he wanted and what his budget was. The budget was tight, and I realized that developing the app from scratch was not an option. I used this … Continue reading Mobile app makers review
Unit testing algorithms
In the last weeks, I've been improving my computer science knowledge by solving programming problems. Since these problems have multiple solutions, I find myself writing duplicated unit tests. And refactoring these tests is cumbersome (if find&replace doesn't work). To make the point clear, I'm going to pick a problem with many possible implementations: sorting an … Continue reading Unit testing algorithms