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Category Archives: career development

How to Optimize Your CV for a Freelance Programmer Career

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When you’re building your way up the professional ladder as a freelance programmer, every move that you make counts. And… Read More.

Posted byDorian MartinPosted incareer development, freelance programmingLeave a comment on How to Optimize Your CV for a Freelance Programmer Career

Ten Tools That Will Make You a Better Coder

Computer stuff

I’ve always been inspired by the idea of the 10x developer: someone that can finish a project ten times faster… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer development4 Comments on Ten Tools That Will Make You a Better Coder

Three Bad Pieces of Advice New Programmers Should Ignore

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When I first started programming, there weren’t enough resources to learn to code. Now, new programmers suffer from a different… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer development, Coding Education4 Comments on Three Bad Pieces of Advice New Programmers Should Ignore

Ten Companies Hiring Programmers Right Now

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These are scary times. We are living through an unprecedented global pandemic. The number of unemployed Americans just swelled to… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer development, Inspiration1 Comment on Ten Companies Hiring Programmers Right Now

Is Programming Recession-Proof?

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With COVID-19 bringing the economy to a halt, the stock market crashing, and even the most optimistic economists predicting a… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer development, Inspiration5 Comments on Is Programming Recession-Proof?

The Best Online Coding Courses for Self-Taught Programmers

Learning

So you want to learn to program? Great idea! Learning to code will help your career regardless of whether you… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted inApps, career development, Coding Education, Data Science, learn to program, Online Courses, programming, Web development5 Comments on The Best Online Coding Courses for Self-Taught Programmers

The Best Programming Podcasts For Self-Taught Programmers

Microphone programming podcasts

You probably already listen to entertaining podcasts like Serial and This American Life. But did you know there are also… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer development, Coding Education, learn to programTags: programming podcasts1 Comment on The Best Programming Podcasts For Self-Taught Programmers

How I Went From a Cashier to a Junior Web Developer in 12 Months

Working as a cashier

A few years ago, I was working as a retail cashier at Goodwill. Today, I am a junior web developer… Read More.

Posted byTianni MyersPosted incareer development, Coding Education, InspirationTags: junior web developer, learn to program, motivationLeave a comment on How I Went From a Cashier to a Junior Web Developer in 12 Months

8 Companies That Hire Programmers Without Degrees

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Looking for a programming job can be intimidating, especially if you are a programmer without a degree. Sometimes it feels… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer development, Inspiration1 Comment on 8 Companies That Hire Programmers Without Degrees

What is Backend Development?

An iceberg is a metaphor that helps explain what is backend development

As a new programmer, it can be intimidating to figure out what field you want to specialize in. There are… Read More.

Posted byCory AlthoffPosted incareer developmentLeave a comment on What is Backend Development?

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