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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. You’re autonomous, your code is immaculate, and you have a deep understanding of building and shipping software. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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How to Hire an Engineering Consultant

The Product Coalition

One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users. To create such solutions, companies need software engineering professionals who can provide the expertise required. Let’s dive right in. by the year 2024.

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Why I Became a Software Engineer at Modus Create

Modus Create

Little would my professor know that three years later I’d build and publish an iOS application on the App Store and would be interning as a Front End Engineer at Modus Create. Now Elon Musk is trying to create a greener Earth and take civilization to Mars, while I’m writing this blog post in my college living room listening to the Beatles.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom. The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. When I say “execute”, I don’t simply mean the engineering challenges of building something.

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You’re not starting from scratch: How your transferable skills can help you get ahead in a new career

Intercom, Inc.

Before I became a software engineer, I worked as an editor and a journalist. In my case, the skills I learned while working as a journalist helped me to transition to a career in software engineering. Since then, the skills and lessons I’ve learned in software engineering have helped me write and publish my own book.

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The Importance of Architectural Approaches

Split

Believe it or not, this is also true of software architecture. Engineers love to crank out code. Why Care About Software Architecture? The Agile Manifesto starts with, and is fairly well summarized with the following sentence: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.

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Product Briefing – October 26, 2023

Department of Product

In this article, a Google ML engineer explains everything you need to know about managing your data – and best practices for your product. Researchers at Meta have unveiled Habitat 3 – the latest iteration of software designed to simulate how robots might assist real humans in the home. The company boasts 7.3