We’re not always happy leaving companies. — When I started working at Microsoft in 2021, I was excited to be working at one of the biggest tech companies in the world. I was living every engineers dream and never thought I’d move on for years. But when I parted ways from the company, I never realized I…

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I was always worried about PIP. In 2020, I joined Amazon during the Covid-19 pandemic. I was a young, optimistic, and excited new grad ready to start my career as a software engineer. From writing code to millions of users, I was excited how my work was going to have…

Is yours healthy? Most people under 30 only have experience with 1–3 companies. With limited exposure with different companies, it might be hard to tell if your work environment is as healthy as possible. Here are 5 signs you are in a healthy work environment 1 — You are open with your manager

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New Year, New Books Whether you believe in New Year resolutions or not, now is always a good time to learn more about software engineering. Whether you’re just starting your career or already been working as a software engineer, here’s a list of resources everyone should be using. Cracking The Coding Interview

It’s the manager that makes work well or hell After starting my career at Amazon, moving to Microsoft, and now joining Google, I’ve had my fair share of managers. Different people have different management styles and I’ve had experiences good and bad. In this article, we’ll talk about the bad…

Small changes make a big impact. While Amazon, Microsoft and Google are incredibly unique companies, what software engineers do to be successful at each of them can actually be the same things. Internal tools and specialized knowledge among the three are unique and non-transferable. But here are some habits that…

Or anywhere else In 2020 I worked at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer (SDE 1). At the time there was a lot of fear and concerns about being on a performance improvement plan (PIP) where the bottom 10% of engineers are labeled as “underperforming”. When those engineer are on…