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I am a Woman in Tech

@trasherdk sociopath, much?

What I Learned From Bombing My Technical Interview

This was so very helpful!! And don’t worry— you’ll get the ne...

What I've Learned From Close-call Interviews

Thanks Wilfred! I'm glad my post gave you confidence. You'll ...

How I Switched Careers Into Tech With No Degree In My Mid 30's

Will!!! Your story really resonated with me-- I just want to ...

10 Award-Winning Designs for Your Inspiration

I see a pattern here: lots of negative space, minimalist in t...

Interview Qs Decoded - # 2

I actually used splitString.length at first during the interv...

Interview Qs Decoded - # 2

Yesss I was waiting for a Python response!!!

Interview Qs Decoded - # 2

I thought a string was a string by default. If you unshift() ...

Interview Qs Decoded - # 2

That’s okay! Your solution is pretty slick. I was thinking of...

Interview Qs Decoded - # 2

Thanks for sharing, but one of the stipulations was that you ...

Feeling a little discouraged

I’m in the same boat. 😭 it’s so damn frustrating.

What is developer evangelism?

I love this article! I needed a concise description of what D...

How much coffee do you drink?

One a day usually does it for me. Black. Wooo.

A Simple Method To Finding Prime Numbers.

This is pretty great, and I liked how you covered several pro...

Interview Qs Decoded - # 1

Ooooh got it. Darn it, HackerRank, for giving me a false-posi...

14 Developers to Follow on Twitter

The lack of diversity on this list is astounding 🙄

Interview Qs Decoded - # 1

Daaamn that’s slick. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Interview Qs Decoded - # 1

Good point! Let me try that out and I'll fix it up. :) Thanks...

What was your win this week?

I finally published an article that I've been sitting on for ...

Function Composition Explained Using Pokémon Evolution

Thank you!!!

Function Composition Explained Using Pokémon Evolution

I was under the thought that I needed a “holder” for the prom...

Function Composition Explained Using Pokémon Evolution

I can't even with the latest stuff with "IV"s and shiny hunt...

Function Composition Explained Using Pokémon Evolution

Ohhh my god lmao those 3 idiots.

Function Composition Explained Using Pokémon Evolution

I'm glad it helped!! :)

Function Composition Explained Using Pokémon Evolution

True. I wanted to use the switch function, but since my frien...

How to use Animate CSS and create stunning effects in seconds? - 3 projects

I LOVE this library. I've used it for 90% of my projects so f...

Explain Async/Await Like I'm Five

I think the newbies (such as myself) don't really know any be...

Explain Async/Await Like I'm Five

LMAO I love this!!!

SailorMoon pose recognition signup/login: part 1

omg I love this. This is so good. Great job!!

What was your win this week?

I started the software engineering immersive program at GA ...

If/Else and Specificity: Understanding "FizzBuzz"

Linted and added the "=". I need to be more careful about t...

If/Else and Specificity: Understanding "FizzBuzz"

Great advice. Definitely need to keep scalability in mind. ...

Get Paid Writing Articles for These 14 Companies ($100+ Per Article)

Thank you so much for the resources and advice!! Definitely...

What are some common falsehoods about working as a software developer?

...Yeah, you're right.

What are some common falsehoods about working as a software developer?

I remember overhearing a joke between interns, "Just do wh...

Your job title is what you do, not who you are

it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking they simply re...

3 Things That'll Help You Learn Any New (Programming) Language

I have subscribed to 5 or 8 newsletters where I get more k...

3 Things That'll Help You Learn Any New (Programming) Language

But everything has to be done within a very realistic cont...

3 Things That'll Help You Learn Any New (Programming) Language

Learning the core concepts of programming by actually usin...

3 Things That'll Help You Learn Any New (Programming) Language

The benefits you listed are exactly why I practice every da...

Draw and Animate Bender's Face with CSS

Omfg this is AMAZING.

4 Ways (Not) to Read Programming Books

But get that out of your head right now. You're not stupid...

Special Announcement from DEV

Congratulations!! I'm so excited about what y'all will prod...

Starting Over

Thank you, Angad!

Starting Over

Thanks, Ben! I really wish you could detect a false start...

Why the Best Designers are Storytellers?

I used to create comics, and found that there are big simil...

A Guide to Teaching Yourself to Code (and getting a job!)

"freeCodeCamp's algorithms were super challenging. A lot of...

How to become a designer?

Here's the thing about becoming a designer: you have to dev...

Why You Shouldn't Use A Web Framework

I walked right into that omfg.

Why You Shouldn't Use A Web Framework

The amount of sass in this article is incredible. That asi...

Explain Encapsulation and Polymorphism Like I'm Five

I like this. You win. 🎉🎉🎉

Lessons learned while unemployed

This is such an amazing article! It definitely lifted my sp...

3 Essential Components of Great Documentation

You just gave me a brilliant idea. Brb brainstorming.

Choose Your Own Framework: The Curse of JavaScript Fatigue

The suffering. It is 2real4me.

3 Essential Components of Great Documentation

I think the problem is that devs write docs the way they un...

Pobody's Nerfect

I found these definitions of "perfect": As a verb: make ...

Pobody's Nerfect

Yep, thus proving my point lol.

Pobody's Nerfect

It took me forever to remember the border one hahaha I cry.

Pobody's Nerfect

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast I learned that from my Gr...

Explain GitHub Like I'm Five

I think PS4 games have this option! ...at least Persona 5 d...

Explain GitHub Like I'm Five

You're playing a story-based video game. Every time you fi...

Why Single Moms should go to a Coding Bootcamp

You. Are. Amazing. And an absolute boss. You fought for you...

Technical interviews suck, but Algorithms and Data Structures don't have to.

Thanks for the recommendations! Definitely eyeing Interview...

Think Like a Programmer??

This is actually the most succinct answer I've got here sin...

Time traveling, dreams and gratitude

This is incredibly inspirational: Make do with what you've ...

Think Like a Programmer??

HAHA order of operations and specificity. I remember when...

Think Like a Programmer??

hahahaha DON'T SASS ME. Update: I see what you did there.

Deploy a React App as a Github User Page with Yarn

I absolutely needed this. I learned (the hard way) that dir...

Math: from hate to love

most non-programmers have this idea that all programmers a...

Keeping a diary on the Internet

My apologies! I meant "good" as in, "keeping a diary is a g...

Keeping a diary on the Internet

ダイアリーを書くにはいいです。Twitter に書きます。おつかれさまです！

Escaping tutorial purgatory as a new developer

I've been so afraid of making my own stuff. In the end, you j...

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

I totally forgot to add those. I'm on SoloLearn all the tim...

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

Ah! I should've looked at it more carefully. My apologies!

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

I covered the broke people too. I was there. lol

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

I totally forgot some of their courses were free. I get so ...

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING. 😂

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

Maybe I should make a comprehensive list of all the possibl...

Choose Your Own Coding Adventure!

I totally forgot about Skillshare. I'll add it to the list!...

Developer recruitment: how to read job adverts

They want you to do three jobs but they will only pay for ...

Dev and Designer Communication

I understand! Designers and developers live in two differen...

Dev and Designer Communication

I am so sorry this happens. Why aren't "sit, strategize, an...

Dev and Designer Communication

One of my first meetings at work made me realize the dev-de...

How Art School Prepared Me for Programming

I love this: Dissatisfaction with your work is a sign of ...

What kind of breaks do you take throughout the work day?

~ 15-30mins Walk around the building If there is a free s...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

Isn't this community amazing?

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the post!

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

Yeah, I've always had a confidence problem-- even though I ...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

I'm glad you enjoyed the post! I'll check that app out. :)

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

...Yes? I haven't interviewed as a developer before?? I h...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

I knew I was missing something. I ran into a wall while on ...

Newbie Developers, Don’t trust those Tutorials.

I believe I have found the missing piece in my self-study-t...

Linear and Binary Search in JavaScript

This is amazing and easy to understand! Thank you so much f...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

I'm more like a "hey this looks pretty, look at it bounce!"...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

I have never heard of either of those. Yikes. But I'll loo...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

you can't do it yet I love that. I will repeat that in m...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

Thanks for answering my questions! Okay, so I will buckle ...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

I mean, believing in myself does take part in being an anal...

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

Big Bruce Lee fan over here. Thanks for the quote!

Even Though She Was Bad At Math, She Coded

For interviewing, what should I be learning as a web develo...

Explain Higher Order Component(HOC) in React.js like I'm five

Dude this will totally work. Toy aisles are lined with Aven...

Explaining Angular JS to You Like You're Five.

I knew I had a sort-of misnomer here.

Explain Docker to Me and When Would I Use it?

I think I might get it: You are at a taco party: There ar...

Explain Docker to Me and When Would I Use it?

It kind of went over my head at this moment :( But when I'm...

Explain Docker to Me and When Would I Use it?

Is it, in a way, a virtual environment, but you can break i...

Explain Docker to Me and When Would I Use it?

Bless this post. Bless you, Fippy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What Nursery Rhymes Teach Us About The DRY Principle

This is absolutely amazing and well-written. It gave me a c...

What's development like with a Surface laptop? Worth switching from OSX?

I can only answer the questions about designing: I've had ...

Explaining Angular JS to You Like You're Five.

Added the correction. Thanks for the reminder.

11 Mistakes To Avoid On A Technical Interview

Great, awesome, wonderful advice! Explaining the method to ...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

When you discover text-decoration: none; your whole UI desi...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

Dangnabit missed opportunity right there. 😤

My new book has just been released! Here is how I did it and how you can do the same 🚀

Congratulations on becoming a published author! Also, thank...

[Off Topic] Should a developer marry another developer? What are the chances?

Hahahaha I like this. +1 for you.

[Off Topic] Should a developer marry another developer? What are the chances?

It depends on the people, really. No one could generalize h...

What hobby/skill do you wish you pursued more regularly?

Cosplay armor and weapon making (thermoplastics and eva foa...

What Is Your Main Language?

Vanilla Javascript, however, I'm shopping around for a libr...

Explain Unit Testing like I'm five

This one wins. Thank you.

If your programming language were a Pokemon, which would it be?

He is trying his best.

If your programming language were a Pokemon, which would it be?

I am not too familiar with Kotlin, but after searching for ...

If your programming language were a Pokemon, which would it be?

I might get some fire for this but... Java = Magikarp? He...

If your programming language were a Pokemon, which would it be?

Not everybody likes Pika, either. But a TON of people do.

If your programming language were a Pokemon, which would it be?

I especially like this because tail chase.

If your programming language were a Pokemon, which would it be?

JS = Mimikkyu because it just wants you to love it please. ...

The Best Way to Learn How to Code

What a great article! I feel you on , You know what’s real...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

This brings to mind this comic: nedroidcomics.tumblr.com/p...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

I just looked up the details of NetKoTH. That sounds amazin...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

I'm glad you enjoyed it! That's exactly how I feel about it...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

+10 to { { your Hogwarts House here } } for your clever ana...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

Putting together a bunch of code from different resources a...

Portfolio suggestion/feedback.

My views are completely subjective and I can only critique ...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

Yes!! Reverse-engineering things is what I do professionall...

Franken-code 'Till You Make It.

A 10 year old me just cared about cursor sparkles, man. hah...

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