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How I became a software engineer
Background I studied finance in college and got a job in investment banking after school. I didn’t particularly like the work or the people. After that, I joined a healthcare company in a finance role. The work was interesting initially but not so much after a year or so. Sabbatical I wasn’t really sure what…
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Finding a job when the market is tough
It seems like hiring has been slowing down lately. As a software engineer with some experience it used to be pretty easy to get involved in the hiring process since inbound from recruiters was pretty high. It’s been a couple of years since I looked for a job but if the market is still tight…
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BattleShip Part 3: App start and User Interface
When working on a project, one of the first things I like to do is get something simple working that I can iterate on. I’ll start with building the component that can accept user input and is in charge of interacting with the battleship game. I’ll initialize the game object with user_inputs. My plan is…