Being a Software EngineerLearning A week of learning and getting out of my comfort zone My favourite week of the quarter! Why? Five glorious days of learning ,of exploration, innovation, and problem-solving. What adds an extra sparkle to this already…Lulu NgeiApril 9, 2024
Being a Software EngineerLife Tons of meetings, end of sprint, merge conflicts and IWD! Whew! This week was a crazy marathon. Trying to get to the finish line of the sprint whilst juggling through hurdles made of build and…Lulu NgeiMarch 9, 2024
Being a Software Engineer End of year fatigue 2023 That end-of-the-year lethargy crept up on me unexpectedly. And it made a statement. Today, the 22nd of December is my last day at work this…Lulu NgeiDecember 22, 2023
Being a Software EngineerWeekly Recap Weekly Recap: 4 Day Work Weeks Yes, I've had 4 day work weeks, jealous ? Don’t be, I just took a day off here and there. But now that we’re on…Lulu NgeiAugust 11, 2023
Being a Software EngineerWeekly Recap Weekly Recap: A Full Week of WFH The week after FHL is always one to mentally adjust back to. Normal routine of meetings alongside daily deliverables that the last week did not…Lulu NgeiMay 21, 2023
Being a Software EngineerWeekly Recap Weekly Recap: FHL Week An entire week of learning and or building a different project from my normal day to day! One of my favourite weeks at work. Meetings…Lulu NgeiMay 21, 2023
Being a Software Engineer Mentorship Ah, if there's one thing I have come to appreciate in my career is having a mentor. The more I’m around experienced engineers, the more…Lulu NgeiMay 1, 2023
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