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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.

Location Berlin, Germany Joined Joined on  Email address jmfayard@gmail.com Personal website https://jmfayard.dev/ github website twitter website

Education

ENSIMAG + Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

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he / him

Work

Kotlin, Backend, Open Source maintainer, Technical Writing

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We Shall Improve Hiring Somewhat
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We Shall Improve Hiring Somewhat

#showdev #career #beginners #mentalhealth
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Elon Musk invente l'Hyperloop, un train aussi rapide que l'avion !
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Elon Musk invente l'Hyperloop, un train aussi rapide que l'avion !

#aprilfool #french
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🇫🇷 Peter Thiel: Les monopoles sont bons pour la société
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🇫🇷 Peter Thiel: Les monopoles sont bons pour la société

#healthydebate #french #facebook #linkedin
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🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵 What if we made DEV.to polyglot ?
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🇫🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵 What if we made DEV.to polyglot ?

#french #german #spanish #portuguese
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[LIVE DEMO] How to MacOS with a Command Palette like VS Code
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[LIVE DEMO] How to MacOS with a Command Palette like VS Code

#apple #productivity #product #tutorial
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🇫🇷 La fixette française sur les fotes d'orthogaffes
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🇫🇷 La fixette française sur les fotes d'orthogaffes

#french #career
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🇫🇷 Programmer, c'est plutôt un métier de femmes à la base
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🇫🇷 Programmer, c'est plutôt un métier de femmes à la base

#healthydebate #french #career #wecoded
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4 Ways to Judo Mansplaining
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4 Ways to Judo Mansplaining

#wecoded #womenintech #career
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🇫🇷 4 prises de judo contre le mansplaining
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🇫🇷 4 prises de judo contre le mansplaining

#healthydebate #wecoded #career
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🇫🇷 Faut-il poser au feeling des questions bullshit lors des entretiens d'embauche ?
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🇫🇷 Faut-il poser au feeling des questions bullshit lors des entretiens d'embauche ?

#career #french
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How to NOT answer "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
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How to NOT answer "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

#career #beginners #interview
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Bash is a terrible as a programming language, but what's the alternative ?
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Bash is a terrible as a programming language, but what's the alternative ?

#discuss #shell #bash #healthydebate
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How to improve your GitHub vanity metrics FAST
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How to improve your GitHub vanity metrics FAST

#showdev #career #watercooler #jokes
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The IT job market is tough right now. What are your best tips to create a developer portfolio ?
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The IT job market is tough right now. What are your best tips to create a developer portfolio ?

#discuss #career #beginners #programming
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A Nazi Christmas at Substack
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A Nazi Christmas at Substack

#healthydebate #writing #internet
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How to Write Down Your Own Retrospective of 2023
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How to Write Down Your Own Retrospective of 2023

#writing #career #beginners #learning
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Asking Questions is Always Smart
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Asking Questions is Always Smart

#career #beginners #programming
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Microsoft LinkedIn is Broken and Why Microsoft will Replace it With Something Better
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Microsoft LinkedIn is Broken and Why Microsoft will Replace it With Something Better

#career #hiring #linkedin #mentalhealth
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[Archived] LinkedIn tried censorship against me in the worst possible way. No More Joke.
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[Archived] LinkedIn tried censorship against me in the worst possible way. No More Joke.

#career #mentalhealth #wecoded #linkedin
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WHY ALL REAL FRONT-END DEVELOPERS SHOULD REWRITE EVERYTHING IN RUST IN 2024
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WHY ALL REAL FRONT-END DEVELOPERS SHOULD REWRITE EVERYTHING IN RUST IN 2024

#career #rust #beginners #writing
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Typesafe Github Workflows explained to a 5 years old
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Typesafe Github Workflows explained to a 5 years old

#showdev #github #githubactions
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🕵🏻‍♂️ I'm a double agent: developer & recruiter 👨🏻‍💻 💒
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🕵🏻‍♂️ I'm a double agent: developer & recruiter 👨🏻‍💻 💒

#showdev #career #discuss #beginners
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7 DEVs writing quality content about your #career
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7 DEVs writing quality content about your #career

#bestofdev #career #developer #gratitude
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You can NOT and should NOT stop procrastinating
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You can NOT and should NOT stop procrastinating

#healthydebate #beginners #career #productivity
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What are your favorite emojis, and what do they tell about you?
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What are your favorite emojis, and what do they tell about you?

#watercooler #career #writing #discuss
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What's a cool concrete meaningful thing that you have done with ChatGPT?
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What's a cool concrete meaningful thing that you have done with ChatGPT?

#discuss #ai #chatgpt #promptengineering
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The Real Impostor is The Inner Judge - On Impostor Symdrome
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The Real Impostor is The Inner Judge - On Impostor Symdrome

#career #beginners #mentalhealth
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Weeks of Debugging Your Build can Save Hours of Learning Gradle
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Weeks of Debugging Your Build can Save Hours of Learning Gradle

#android #gradle #kotlin #java
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Your Career Questions... and my Answers
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Your Career Questions... and my Answers

#career #beginners #job #bestofdev
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"Everyone Should Learn to Code" is Bullshit
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"Everyone Should Learn to Code" is Bullshit

#healthydebate #beginners #career
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Coding Challenges, I mean Take Home Challenges, Are Bad
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Coding Challenges, I mean Take Home Challenges, Are Bad

#healthydebate #career #beginners
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Who do I Want to Work With? A Simple Framework
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Who do I Want to Work With? A Simple Framework

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Keep Calm And Just Say No To Coding Challenges
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Keep Calm And Just Say No To Coding Challenges

#healthydebate #beginners #hiring #career
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Job Hunting: Just Submit Your CV and Hope for the Best?
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Job Hunting: Just Submit Your CV and Hope for the Best?

#healthydebate #beginners #career #interview
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Is There an Equivalent of Spring Boot for Kotlin?
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Is There an Equivalent of Spring Boot for Kotlin?

#watercooler #kotlin #career #java
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I am a lazy developer
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I am a lazy developer

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😤 That feeling when your favorite project too goes in the graveyard...
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😤 That feeling when your favorite project too goes in the graveyard...

#discuss #healthydebate #watercooler
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Do you sometimes feel defensive during a PR review?
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Do you sometimes feel defensive during a PR review?

#discuss #watercooler #github #git
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What are your best tips for getting a first developer job?
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What are your best tips for getting a first developer job?

#help #career #beginners #discuss
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git is not the end of history
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git is not the end of history

#healthydebate #git #github #watercooler
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Why do you Have Too Many Tabs Opened? An almost imaginary conversation with my 5 years old nephew
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Why do you Have Too Many Tabs Opened? An almost imaginary conversation with my 5 years old nephew

#watercooler #productivity #tutorial
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Bitcoin Blockchain Bullshit?
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Bitcoin Blockchain Bullshit?

#watercooler #healthydebate #blockchain #bitcoin
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Twitter - My Advice is To Give Up
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Twitter - My Advice is To Give Up

#healthydebate #mentalhealth
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Salary: Why "Do Your Own Research" is terrible advice
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Salary: Why "Do Your Own Research" is terrible advice

#healthydebate #career #money
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Can beginners make a simple but meaningful contribution? Some unconventional advice #hacktoberfest
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Can beginners make a simple but meaningful contribution? Some unconventional advice #hacktoberfest

#beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest #github
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What are your Favorite Authors, on Which Topics, and Why?
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What are your Favorite Authors, on Which Topics, and Why?

#discuss #writing #watercooler #gratitude
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Forem as hybrid blog+mailing-list, substack style?
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Forem as hybrid blog+mailing-list, substack style?

#discuss #meta #forem #writing
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What are the best tools/concepts to shoot yourself in the foot again and again?
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What are the best tools/concepts to shoot yourself in the foot again and again?

#discuss #watercooler #programming #community
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The Hardest Problem in Computer Science: How do You Wait While Compiling?
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The Hardest Problem in Computer Science: How do You Wait While Compiling?

#watercooler #discuss #programming
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Is Git Great? #healthydebate
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Is Git Great? #healthydebate

#healthydebate #git #discuss #github
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GitHub Actions: a New Hope in YAML Programming Wasteland
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GitHub Actions: a New Hope in YAML Programming Wasteland

#showdev #kotlin #github #news
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Wisdom of the DEV crowd 🗣
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Wisdom of the DEV crowd 🗣

#watercooler #learning #bestofdev #meta
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What are your best tips for starting well in a new job?
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What are your best tips for starting well in a new job?

#discuss #career #help
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What are your best reads of the week?
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What are your best reads of the week?

#discuss #watercooler
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Kotlin monthly wrap-up: July 2021
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Kotlin monthly wrap-up: July 2021

#kotlin #android #bestofdev #top7
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How to Write a Command-Line Tool with Kotlin Multiplatform
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How to Write a Command-Line Tool with Kotlin Multiplatform

#showdev #kotlin #productivity
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Practice what's new in Java
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Practice what's new in Java

#showdev #java
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20+ Lessons I've Learned Writing on DEV for 4 Years
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20+ Lessons I've Learned Writing on DEV for 4 Years

#writing #beginners #career #meta
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Kotlin monthly wrap up - June 2021
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Kotlin monthly wrap up - June 2021

#android #kotlin #bestofdev #top7
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Blockchain and the bitcoin are new and useful
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Blockchain and the bitcoin are new and useful

#healthydebate #blockchain #bitcoin
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What keeps you motivated to write?
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What keeps you motivated to write?

#discuss #writing #watercooler
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