Python, Python, Python, my most loved and hated language anymore Talk to anyone for Python, and you’ll get the quote “ask for forgiveness not permission”. In short, this means to use to assume code will run successfully then catch any failures instead of placing conditional checks beforehand. …

Some advice you might haven’t seen before Interviewing sucks and I’ve stated that a million times, and will state it a million more. After reading several articles on software engineering/developer interviews, I’ve noticed a lot of the advice revolves around the specifics of whiteboarding/coding such as “think about a hash…

“As a bro who programs, I’ve decided to elect myself leader” Brogramming has been popularized once it was cool to use computers. Before then a dark age occurred where only “sweaty nerds” used computers. Now society is in a “golden era” of technology with a variety of bros who write…

“Every software engineer is one production outage from a promotion or a new career” Organizations have been struggling for decades to distinguish grades for hiring/promoting software engineers. Does an engineer deserve to be senior based on contributions, ownership of projects or design skills? How is that different from a staff…

“Simplicity is key” Kubernetes unleashes a million possibilities for building, scaling and managing containerized applications. Several developers work with Kubernetes to deploy, maintain and monitor applications using K8s. However, as a newbie to K8s, I’d highly suggest switching over to K9s. …

“Just like Spark resources, drinking and developing requires tuning” Writing code sober isn’t healthy for a human being. Lack of enjoyment in coding leads to bad, unclean and unmaintainable code. Worst of all, coding just becomes a job instead of fun. Thankfully I have a grand solution, drink. …

“Build relationships instead” Ghosting seems to be a new fad by employees after dealing with poor treatment from corporations. Understandably, if you’ve dealt with the following: No response after an interview/application Poor communication from former employer causing you to leave Former management avoiding difficult questions Ghosted by a recruiter then…

“Never heard anyone fail an AWS interview” As stated by everyone, interviewing sucks. However, trying to hit pinnacle salary/benefits in tech by interviewing at Amazon truly can break a person. After completing a recruiter call, 1 hour coding assessment, and 5 hours of coding/design/behavioral interview, just to fail sucks. …

Recently I completed a Scala course provided by one of the creators of Scala Martin Odersky. The course contains 6 weeks of material including lectures, quizzes and assignments. I took the course since my new role requires knowing Scala to use with Spark for several projects. Ideally, I wanted to…