Best of Tech News — August 2022
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Better Programming·4y
The Best Software Engineering Career Paths
You can be successful in many of them, but you can make many mistakes and surpass all your goals. If you succeed, you will get a lot of respect and credit for your team’s success. It is much easier to get promoted, jump into management, or transition to a PM role in a growing startup.
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Community Picks·4y
How to improve your developer game
Soft skills or interpersonal skills are non-technical skills that relate directly to the way you work, solve problems and interact with others. Adaptability will help you adapt to the fast-changing industry that tech is. Emotional intelligence is a must since the goal is to find a mutual ground where both parties understand and agree. Networking is building meaningful relationships within your community.
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Quastor Daily·4y
How Twitch Processes Millions of Video Streams
Twitch is a live streaming platform where content creators can stream live video to an audience. Twitch maintains nearly a hundred servers (Points of Presence or PoPs) in different geographic regions around the world that streamers and viewers can connect to. The Well monitors the backbone network and provides information about the status of network links so latency issues are minimized.
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I'm So Happy I Quit My Dream Job
Twitch is a streaming company that allows creators to create live video content. Founder of Twitch says he's been chasing simplicity since leaving Twitch for smaller companies. By moving from Zoom/Discord over to Ping, our creators could now… Pull in guests with resolutions as high Ping.gg 1.0 Launches Today, Starting at $16/month.
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Hashnode·4y
5 Approaches To Improve As A Software Engineer
If you have meaningful ideas that you can work on, build them as a side project. If you don’t have any idea but want to improve your skills, build any fun project. Sharing knowledge improves soft skills, such as technical writing, communication, and confidence. Building an audience, or at least sharing content online, can bring you new opportunities.
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The Engineering Behind Instagram's Recommendations
Instagram's Suggested Posts feature is an example of an Information Retrieval system. The first step is to search for posts that a user may like from accounts the user isn’t following. This results in you finding more content you like, following more accounts and spending more time on Instagram.
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The Lessons I Learned From A Failed Interview...
Esosa hopes to share some of the lessons she learned from her failed interview to help other Techies to be better prepared for their next interview. The most important thing to learn when preparing for an interview is to be calm and breathe and be confident. Be open-minded to asking questions Tech is a career path that requires you to always ask "why?"
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InfoWorld·4y
Avoid tech burnout: 5 ways to disconnect and relieve stress
The State of Burnout in Tech 2022 report says 42% of tech employees are working with a high risk of burnout. 91% report feeling stress in their roles, and 46% know at least one person has quit because of it. Disconnect from work and devote time to “Checklists codify known methods of resolving issues and can be improved over time,” she says.
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Hacker News·4y
The silent majority
In software development, the silent majority are the engineers who write the code, debug the programs, and solve the complex issues behind the scenes. Not everyone is willing to do the work just to bring their opinions to the masses. It also takes confidence — whenever you voice an opinion on the internet, there will always be people who have an opposite one.
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Things to know before joining a startup
In larger tech companies, you can get away by doing just your piece, not being bothered by how the overall project is held together by build scripts. For Startups, more often than not, you will be laying down what's known as the "scaffolding" of a project.
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The Pragmatic Engineer·4y
Advice for Less Experienced Software Engineers in the Current Tech Market
In the second half of 2021, we were in the middle of the most heated tech job market of all time. I wrote about why this market reached all-time highs in a 'perfect storm' Even in 2021, the market for less experienced software engineers was Know that you'll have far better chances if applying locally.
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Don't Tell Me You Don't Know About These Online Tools Self-Developers Use!
There is no arguing about how important the internet has helped and is still helping self-developers. There are basic tools that would get you started and help you improve your tech journey and make it a pleasant one. Here is a list of sites to check for the courses you wish to take on your journey.
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80 LEVEL·4y
A Big References Database Is Available for Free
The images are taken from Character Design References' Pinterest, Frame by Frame's Tumblr, and FramebyFrame's Twitter and then sorted. You can find all kinds of references there, including cartoon and anime ones. There is also a folder containing animation frames as a backup for animators.
