Tag: career
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How to Keep Your Shit Together in 2025 as a Software Developer (When the Job Market is Trash)?
Short answer? I dunno. Long answer? Let’s talk about it. The Battlefield of Software Development Right now, developers are struggling like crazy just to land a decent job. The market is brutal, and everyone’s handling it in different ways: ⚡ The LeetCode Warriors – Grinding LeetCode like it’s their religion, submitting thousands of job applications,…
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The Roller Coaster of Grinding vs. Consuming
I was talking to my wife recently, telling her how life sometimes feels like a goddamn roller coaster. And honestly? I’ve caught myself having this same thought over and over again throughout the years. One moment, you’re grinding—learning a new programming language, diving into Kubernetes, smashing Machine Learning courses, picking up Spanish, hitting the gym,…
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My Slow-Ass Journey to Becoming a Software Developer 🚀
Switching careers to software development wasn’t some overnight success story for me—it was a slow grind, full of mistakes, late nights, and a ton of trial and error. Here’s how it went down: I was working full-time because, let’s be real, bills don’t pay themselves. I tried learning Python, bought 3 books on Amazon… and…
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Why Software Engineering is the Ideal Career (for Me, at Least)
I’ve spent years in operational jobs—IT services, support—where every damn second of your time was tracked and calculated. The contrast with software engineering? Night and day. Here’s why it works for me: As a family man with small kids 👨👩👧👦, I don’t want to spend my life on planes or in meetings. Software engineering fits…