Career Growth
There are 11 posts in this series.
Growing old as a programmer
I’ll be turning 40 this year, and I’ve started to wonder about my professional life in the next two decades. Not a lot of 60-year-old developers, hey?
Read this essay →Technical tests in 2023: were they any good?
As I'm reaching the end of this recruiting cycle, I wanted to reflect on the recruiting processes I've completed. Some were good, some not so much.
Read this essay →Looking for a job: handling fatigue and loneliness
Today, I would like to try something different. No polished new entries, just me sharing my day-to-day looking for a new job.
Read this essay →From stained-glass master to software engineer: it starts with a mess
Changing careers is a long, often-overlooked process. But I want to share both the (linear) story and the (messy) history of how I became a software engineer. And as a lot of good stories, mine always starts with a lie.
Read this essay →Always serving someone
It's easy to tell yourself it's not your job to provide a great service to your users. But taking time to write beautiful code will bring joy and value to you and your teammates.
Read this essay →Going remote: a live documentation on transitioning out of the office
Last week, I started the process of transitioning from an on-site position to a full remote one. I'll publicly document what happens as it happens here. Interested in remote working? Join in!
Read this essay →Don't sell yourself short
You've just graduated from university. Maybe you're in your first two years as a developer. You are, what the market calls, a junior developer. And you're a burden to companies. That's what you're being told. Well, this is bullshit.
Read this essay →2019 - a year in review
Well, here we are. December has come and gone. Now is the time to look back on what happened last year: a lot of writing and becoming a Real Developer™.
Read this essay →The violence within
Our mainstream work culture cultivates systemic violence: bullying, constant competition, sexism, etc. You name it. What if talking about could empower and protect us?
Read this essay →Own your story
When you put yourself out there, you get attention. Some of it is enjoyable. Some of it, not so much. It's not easy to keep your story straight.
Read this essay →#TIL: a daily recap of my first two months as a Ruby on Rails developer
From early April to early June, I attended Le Wagon Paris' fullstack coding bootcamp. Each day, I shared what I'd learned on Twitter. Wanna know what it feels like to dive into coding for 2 months for the first time?
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