Being a Software Engineer Why I moved to Big Tech I've been at Microsoft a year and some change now. Before that, I've worked at two other companies whose main product was not software related…Lulu NgeiOctober 8, 2022
Being a Software Engineer My Worst Deadline Yet and What I Learnt Dealing With a Shifting Deadline In the not so distant past, my team and I had to squeeze in a month’s work into a week, 4.5 days to be exact.…Lulu NgeiSeptember 15, 2022
Being a Software EngineerLearning Exception Handling in C++ An exception is an event at program runtime that alters the normal flow of the code. It can also be considered an error. C++ provides…Lulu NgeiJuly 11, 2022
Being a Software EngineerLearning Code Smell: Why booleans are bad function parameters We've probably had a time where we've added a boolean as a function parameter more than once and been satisfied and proud with our judgement.…Lulu NgeiJuly 11, 2022
Being a Software EngineerLife 1 Year At Microsoft I recently marked one year at Microsoft. The lessons and experiences alone are enough to make me feel like it's been way over a year.…Lulu NgeiMay 20, 2022
Learning The Wonderful World Of Git Rebase This chapter of the explained series is a simple and mildly detailed explanation of git rebase . If you've had to rebase a git branch…Lulu NgeiFebruary 8, 2022
Life 2021 Lessons I’m Bringing to 2022 Hello 2022!! It's been a couple of weeks but I'm baaack! 2021 ended on a high note. The year I got into Microsoft, and the…Lulu NgeiJanuary 26, 2022
Being a Software Engineer November Favourites – Coding Edition This has been the hardest series to keep track of for some reason, but in the spirit of the year coming to an end, I…Lulu NgeiNovember 18, 2021
Learning Git Commands Explained – A summary Version control or source control is tracking and managing changes to software code. Imagine being able to keep track of all the little changes, additions,…Lulu NgeiNovember 18, 2021
Life Having a good relationship with rest : Daily Rest A little rest goes a long way and that is why it's important for me to take it seriously everyday after work. Being productive has…Lulu NgeiOctober 29, 2021