There are probably over 10k articles on Medium all about how beneficial mindfulness can be; not just for your focus and attention, but also for your emotional intelligence. I’m not here to negate that, but this also isn’t a story about why it’s great for you. …

My first job as a software developer was at a small company (~40 people), and the first company I worked for in tech was even smaller (~5), so I was wary of moving to a large Fortune 500 company. I didn’t want to get lost in the sea of engineers…

I first found a love for coding while I was a law school student. Perhaps it was the fact that I should’ve had my head in a contracts textbook that drove me to a new path, or maybe it was fate — I haven’t decided. Ever since starting my journey…

Being involved in your community, surrounded by like-minded (or similarly-purposed) people is important. It not only adds value to your mental and physical health but also allows you to give back to the area in which you live. In the age of COVID — full of zoom meetings, slack messages…

HackWeek involves a full week of project hacking, team activities, cooking meals together, and more! Our company takes the idea of a “hackathon” to a whole new level: software engineers, UX designers, data engineers and scientists, product managers, project managers, and more come together to make our products better. People…

Based on my interview journey as a junior(ish) developer — When I was approaching graduation from a software bootcamp in 2018, people always told me, “Your first job will be the hardest to find!” For me personally, that turned out to be anything but true. I secured a job two days after graduation, and found the interview process extremely easy…

Trying to decide if you should work for a small start-up or vast conglomerate? Here’s a look at my experience at both — I’ve had the opportunity to spend over a year as a software engineer at both a small startup (with 5 employees) and a Fortune 500 company (with over 10k employees) and have many thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of each. While 1+ years isn’t much experience, I’ve at least…

Learning to program in the midst of a startup — The story of Octerra is one that is sometimes exciting, sometimes bitter, and unfortunately, very common. I worked at a startup from its conception through its end, where our funding ended up falling through, and there are a lot of things I learned in the process. …

PyTennessee is a conference held in Nashville, TN for Python developers and those currently learning the language. Though I’ve only been…