December 2025
- Dec 9, 2025TechnologyProgramming Fundamentals: Essential Concepts for DevsStudents who could not reliably predict what a loop or conditional would produce were unable to write correct programs regardless of how much syntax they knew, which argues for tracing exercises before writing exercises. The page covers variables and scope, why global state causes subtle bugs, static versus dynamic typing, Hoare calling the null reference his billion dollar mistake, guard clauses instead of nested conditionals, and Big O from constant to quadratic.
- Dec 7, 2025TechnologyCareer Switching into Tech: A Realistic GuideThe honest version of the tech career switch. Expect one to three years to a first junior role, not six months: bootcamps run 12 to 16 weeks of instruction plus a 3 to 9 month job search, and self-teaching part-time typically takes 18 to 30 months. Expect 100 to 200 applications before an offer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 17% growth in software developer employment from 2023 to 2033, and your previous industry is an asset rather than a gap to apologize for.
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