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How do I know if I can become a skilled developer? [closed]
I am a self taught person, 40 years old. My highest education is middle school, or whatever the 10th year of education is called in your respective school systems (not the best education indeed).
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How to learn non-technical skills (business & soft skills)?
2 years ago, I moved from tech lead in a team of 4 devs at a smallish startup to a big financial company with a completely different landscape (like enterprise IT) and different technology. I'm 55 y.o....
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Small projects for improving development
TLDR: How big and what kind of programming projects do you create just to learn new things as a software developers?
Recenlty, I realized that due to some legacy projects I worked with, my programming ...
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How do I tell my manager their teaching method is not effective for me?
I learn best through demonstrations then dissecting the parts and steps to reach the end goal. This is especially important to me with learning coding methods and the like.
However, my manager who has ...
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How to unlearn bad habits imbibed from ex boss
My boss in my previous project, was not a good manager, in my opinion. She had very controlling nature. She would treat me like a school child and put her nose in each and every matter and work. She ...
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What master's degree is recommended to study at a university for establishing a start-up after learning computer science? [closed]
I studied for 3 years computer science at a relatively good university, and at the same time I have several years of experience with broad and deep knowledge in many fields on the subject. I am a ...
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Can I promote the Coursera team plan to my boss? [closed]
I have learned for about a year on Coursera outside working hours, and I think the courses may also benefit my teammates. Recently I found the platform provides a team plan, so I wonder if I can ...
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What does thinking about the big picture mean?
I’ve been told a couple of times that I’m not thinking about the bigger picture during my 360 feedback. I’m not exactly sure why (and intend to ask my manager).
How do you think about the bigger ...
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How do I balance self-learning and asking for help for maximum learning?
I'm a software developer and I recently began my first role out of university. I studied computer science and I have about 1.5 years of experience from internships, so I should have enough skills to ...
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Was suddenly terminated. Gave strange reason for issues I was never aware of and disagree with interpretation
I recently was terminated from a job. I had been there for about 4 months. The main manager gave multiple reasons why it happened
I was still in probation
They did not have enough work for me
There ...
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Best practices for learning on the job as a young professional in engineering
Background: I am working in the electronics design department of a German power tool manufacturer for roughly a year now after graduating with a Bachelor degree in electrical engineering in late 2019.
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How to effectively mention an exam-preparation-break in resume [duplicate]
As I didn't get chance to learn new technologies in my previous job, I resigned from there and prepared for higher studies. Job market also went down that time due to COVID. Now I got a chance in a ...
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How to collaborate on javascript team when you don't know Javascript?
I started a new job 3 months ago. During the interview process, I was told I could pick whatever language I want to use to do the project. A couple of weeks ago we started the project, and I was ...
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When is it good to "act defensively"?
I'm guessing this is partly company specific. I sometimes have trouble judging when I should just say nothing or say ok, or defend what I had done. Right now I'm working at a very simple job - I'm a ...
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Can I ask for time to practice pen-testing on work hours
I work in a startup where we do IT Service. We build all kinds of apps (web, mobile, iot, etc.). I currently have a role of project leader (handling 3 projects) as well as the guy people come to for ...
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