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Category: Become a Better Developer
One of the most frustrating barriers to improvement is the idea that “we always did it this way.” The idea that once a problem is solved, there is no better solution has…
On The Job Training And Opportunities For Building Your Skills
Once you get started on an IT career with even the lowest end job, you have opportunities to learn every day. This form of on the job training is critical to keeping…
A Crash Course in Learning New Environments
No matter whether we move around jobs or stay with a single employer, there comes a time where we need to learn new environments. Sometimes these are simple and well-documented. However, I…
Three Easy Steps Toward Building Your Skills
Practice Makes Perfect The best part about the foundational items of programming is that they cannot be avoided. Every day you code you will get more comfortable with many, if not all,…
Building And Reinforcing Your Foundational Skills
In the course of a technical career, there is a need to first build a solid foundation of skills and then extend that. Unfortunately, it is essential to return to those foundational…
The Pros and Cons of an IT Career
The path of becoming a better developer must be intentional. This is not a goal that one achieves without effort and planning. Advancing an IT career is not different from any other. …