Imagine this: you add some code to a project, thinking that it all looks good. Then you run the program, and it blows up somewhere in the middle. Reading through the code, it’s not immediately understandable why the code you added...
When you’re new to a career–or even just to a job–it’s common to feel like you don’t belong, or that you don’t have the skills or knowledge to succeed. This feeling is known as “imposter syndrome,” and it can be debilitating...
How to declare a variable is often the first thing you learn in computer programming. After that, a lot of courses and instructors see fit to let you know computers can do math, and ask you to do things like, “declare...
When just starting out, I’ve had multiple students ask me how to ‘start’ a side project–but by ‘start’, they really mean ‘how do I organize my files’? Although modern IDEs and programming languages scaffold quite a bit of structure for new...
In the technology industry, it’s easy to focus on coding and technical skills and overlook the importance of soft skills. However, soft skills actually play an equally important role in ensuring the success of software development projects. In this blog post,...
