Uncle Iroh, from Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favourite characters in fiction. It’s this guy:
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Welcome to Beyond the Loop!
Here, we focus on helping people who know how to code become professional developers. Becoming a professional, self-sufficent engineer is not an easy process, but it becomes easier with a little bit of direction. If you are a novice engineer, that wants to graduate out of the "junior" title, I think this blog can help you.
This direction may come in very different ways. Check out the different Recurring Series to find something useful, whether you have 5 or 50 minutes.
If you don't know where to start, start with these posts:
Or check out some recent posts, fresh from the oven:
📄One Big Google Doc📄
The lazy but effective way to keep all your notes
The title says it all, really.
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Fearless Code Review Checklist
A systematic approach to surviving your first 5 Code Reviews
Note: This is a very long post, but it’s worth reading! If you’re in a hurry, I’ll leave the condensed version of the list at the end.
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5 Non-Technical Tips to Improve Your Technical Interviews
Preparing for technical interviews is not only about learning to solve hard problems.
Technical interviews!
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Why learning Rust is great... As a second language
Leverage the powerful design decisions behind Rust to level up your core engineering skills
So, you’ve taken your first steps into programming. Welcome!
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I didn't invent any of this stuff. I got most of it from reading books and asking people that are smarter than me.
Check out the books that helped me, and the tools I use every day.