Working At Amazon Made Me Good At My Job And Bad At Being A Person.

Three years. Promoted twice. Shipped every feature on time. Stopped talking to friends. Stopped seeing family. Stopped being the person… Continue read...

Top 5 Free AI Resume Builders to Land Your Dream Job in 2026

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The Promotion I Didn't Get Taught Me More Than the One I Did

I was passed over for a senior promotion after 2 years of what I thought was outstanding work. I was angry. I was hurt. I almost quit. Then my manager...

Things Nobody Told Me Before My First Dev Job That Would Have Saved Me Months of Pain

I started my first developer job thinking the hard part was over. I'd learned to code, passed the interview, got the offer. Time to write code and col...

The "Soft Skills" That Actually Determine Your Engineering Career (With Specific Examples)

I hate the term "soft skills." It implies they're fluffy, optional, nice-to-have. They're not. They're the skills that determine whether you get promo...

Why Your Resume Gets Rejected Before a Human Sees It (And How to Fix It)

Why Your Resume Gets Rejected Before a Human Sees It (And How to Fix It) You spent three hours perfecting your resume. Tailored the bullet points. Tri...

How a Nation Develops: Education as the Foundation of Progress

How a Nation Develops: Education as the Foundation of Progress Published by: GovAfrika Journal Analysis by: Mohamed Farah Tahar – Scholar of Governanc...

The Skill Juniors Must Master Before Promotion

Promotion is not only about years of experience. It is not about how many tickets you closed or how many late nights you worked. It is… Continue readi...

Why DevOps Demand Is Exploding (5 Critical Factors)

What 5 key factors is driving DevOps demand, and what you need to learn to take advantage of this opportunity. 📥 Free DevOps Career Guide: https://bi...

Can You Afford NOT to Learn DevOps? Salary Data That Will Change Your Career Plans

Book Your DevOps Career Call: https://bit.ly/49GW9Cf If you're considering a move into DevOps or wondering if your current skills are future-proof, th...

My Foreword to "Frictionless"

I find most writing on software productivity to be twaddle, but Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda are notable exceptions. I had a chance to take a look at...

LIVE DevOps Career Workshop

Learn what it really takes to level up your career with DevOps | Make 2026 the Year You Go DevOps We'll cover: - The actual skills companies are hirin...

The Pulse: Amazon layoffs – AI or economy to blame?

Amazon is doing more mass layoffs, claiming it wants to be more nimble. But are job losses really about US economic fears, and how Amazon’s retail bus...

Design a Web Crawler: FAANG Interview Question

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Comparing interviews at 8 large tech companies

Puneet Patwari applied to 8 major tech companies, and received 6 offers. He compares his interview experiences at Meta, Amazon, Uber, and 5 other work...

13 Years in QA: Why Traditional QA is Disappearing (And What to Do)

Rody (15 years in QA) shares his career journey from being a senior test automation engineer to embracing DevOps and eventually transitioning to freel...

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