You’re not alone. It’s a very common story. Working as a developer (often) goes like this: Get a new job or start a new project Spend the first few months excited, learning, and curious Reach a plateau & become bored If you’re feeling bored in your developer job, you’re not…

The best prompt generator you’ll find this year — Last year, I paid $50 to join a community but the only thing I got was a course… It appeared the community had already closed. I was offered my money back, but I refused. This “Content Creation Grid” in it was worth every dollar. Here’s how it works… First, you’re…

How I quit my 6-figure job for a 6-figure side hustle. Copy. — When your boss becomes the devil, you need a backup plan. That’s what happened to me. I worked a regular job. Life was okay. Then the new guy started. Things went downhill, fast. I needed something to distract me from the giant ass sitting next to me. So, I became…

By this, you can set up your home office fully. — A number of work from home office necessities are required for a pleasant and successful home setup. Everything in your home office setting, from ergonomic chairs to tiny paperclips, should serve a function. We take a deeper look at 7 crucial components for any work-from-home workspace in this post. There…

Or a note-taking app like Notion or Obsidian — We’re not geniuses, duh. Unless you have a photographic memory and can remember all the language syntax and commands you’ve ever typed, including those crazy regex ones, you’d need a second (metaphorical) brain like Notion or Obsidian. No but seriously, as engineers, we absorb new knowledge on a daily basis…

Starting off with a bizarre mantra: “Once I’ve done this, I’ll know I’ve succeeded and then I’ll be happy.” Readers, does this mantra sound familiar? It’s the mantra we tend to say to ourselves when we’re done setting new goals. But it’s a broken promise. Goal setting is so incomplete…

Get out of your comfort zone and enhance your skills — The software development world has changed significantly through the years. It started out as an engineer-only field, but nowadays everyone can get into programming with relative ease. This is all thanks to the huge stack of abstractions that let people focus on the task they have to accomplish, rather than…

To win you must know your enemy, Distractions! — 1. Interruptions and meetings To plan you need a lot of concentration, especially for complex or new things, so it would be essential to move meetings with other people to the first or last hours of work. So that you have a large central time block where distractions should be left outside the door. 2. Micro-management and Multitasking …

As a developer, I am continually trying to make my work easier and more automated. This includes both software and hardware, but also the peripherals. To achieve this, I am always on the lookout for tools or tricks to incorporate into my workflow. Every developer has his or her own…