Mensur Duraković

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10 hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job

10 hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job

Last weekend I had a chance to talk with some students who just got their degree. They are pursuing their first software engineer job. In conversation with them, I learned that they have a pretty wrong perception of this job. This is because the reality for these new kids is so skewed.

Boost Your Career in Software Development with These 10 Essential Soft Skills

Boost Your Career in Software Development with These 10 Essential Soft Skills

Technical skills are essential if you are a software developer. Still, no matter how good you are in the technical domain if you don’t possess good soft skills, you will have a hard time at work. You can think about soft skills as tires and technical skills as wheels.

3 reasons why you should store timestamp instead of boolean

3 reasons why you should store timestamp instead of boolean

In my 7+ years of work, I encountered numerous situations when you need to store a boolean in the database to represent the state of a particular entity. Before we continue to important parts I will explain each type and when it’s usually used. I will refer to examples

Code reviews: a 5-step guide on how to make your colleagues hate you

Code reviews: a 5-step guide on how to make your colleagues hate you

When done correctly, code reviews can be a great way to prevent bugs, improve code quality, and spread business and technical knowledge through the development team. Code review is a skill that takes time to learn from both perspectives, reviewing the code and creating reviewable code. However, code reviews can

The most common laws and principles of software development

The most common laws and principles of software development

Since my first day at work as a software developer, I have noticed some of the laws and principles are occurring more often than others. Here is a list of my 7 favorite ones: 1. Murphy’s law - Anything that can go wrong will go wrong When I was