How a recruiter’s unexpected silence influenced my approach to hiring. — “The future depends on what we do in the present.” - Mahatma Gandhi About 10 years ago, I was looking for a new role. I’d been on a career break, nurturing my adorable twin girls, and was a bit rusty but ready to jump back into the tech world. So…

I recently attended an internal presentation titled “Deciding What to Learn,” which explored the various ways software engineers can keep up with the constantly changing world of tech. Towards the end of the presentation, the speaker emphasized that knowledge isn’t the only factor that impacts performance and success. Activities such…

The most difficult breakup I’ve had to go through — Rejection. Such a fascinating concept. Simple and straightforward, on the one hand, complex, convoluted and long-winded on the other. “This is it then.” We’ve all been at this point before, not always the same words, the same circumstances, but I know this feeling too well. That point, where everything has…

All developers need to “kinden” up — Years ago, I was working on a project with a tight deadline. And as so many of these projects are, it was underfunded and understaffed. The developers were working crazy hours to deliver on time. …

Testing breakpoint behaviour in different browsers — I recently wrote an article where I called out Bootstrap for using pixel-based breakpoints. I mentioned that relative (e.g., em- or rem-based breakpoints) are better for accessibility. It was the reason I had switched to using em for media queries a while back. …

The best part is that you don’t have to prepare a lot — The one thing I have always dreaded when it comes to interviews has been technical questions. Although my degree is in computing, I have never studied programming. I have taught myself, starting when websites were built with frames. …