Being a Software Engineer Chronicles Of Working From Home Spending one and a half days at home is probably what I needed to get past my writer’s block. I was writing a tutorial on…Lulu NgeiMarch 18, 2020
Being a Software Engineer Debugging code written by other developers Tech teams grow, developers leave, others join and the cycle continues as long as a company is alive. Codebases will always change hands. In a…Lulu NgeiMarch 5, 2020
Being a Software Engineer Part Three: Common mistakes made in tech interviews No preparation This is a fatal mistake interviewee make. Especially when they pass the screening stage, some may assume they are ‘good enough’ and can…Lulu NgeiMarch 2, 2020
Being a Software Engineer Part Two: How To Prepare For Tech Interviews Now that you know what to expect, here's how to prepare for a tech interview, even if it is your first one. Practice a specific…Lulu NgeiDecember 13, 2019
Being a Software Engineer Part One: Types and Stages of Tech Interviews This is the first part of a three-part series on software engineering interviews. The idea of technical interviews leaves even the best of us shaking…Lulu NgeiDecember 10, 2019
Being a Software Engineer PEP-8 guidelines to writing perfect code I talked about the importance of giving your code tender loving care when writing it here. As a follow up, this is a short guideline…Lulu NgeiSeptember 18, 2019
Being a Software Engineer Giving your code some tender loving care | Writing clean code Confession; I was a terrible programmer when I first started out. By terrible I mean my code was never structured, it didn't have a flow,…Lulu NgeiSeptember 10, 2019
Being a Software EngineerLearningLife My Burnout Story: Noticing it, dealing with it and avoiding it I remember watching some developers both at work and school drowning in its hideous overpowering grasp. It is not a pretty site. I’d ask myself…Lulu NgeiAugust 20, 2019
Being a Software Engineer Deploying A React Application With Firebase Firebase and React go nicely like avocado on toast :) Have you ever built an application and then realized you have no idea how to…Lulu NgeiAugust 8, 2019
Being a Software Engineer Django Features That Save On Time And Programming Headaches Django is a Python based framework that takes care of a lot of web development hassle. Thank you Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison. "The web…Lulu NgeiAugust 3, 2019