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What does a Data Engineer do every day? How is it different from Software Engineering?
Alternative jobs for Software Engineers
October 23, 2024December 23, 2024

What does a Data Engineer do every day? How is it different from Software Engineering?

I was given the opportunity to work in a data engineering team, although I had no training or experience in…

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How to keep private and work life separated when you work from home
Developers well-being, WFH - Work from home
October 20, 2024December 18, 2024

How to keep private and work life separated when you work from home

How to keep a good work-life balance when working from home? In this post, I’m sharing the tricks I’ve developed…

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Why I Learn About Management as an Engineer—Even Though I Never Want to Be a Manager.
Career, IT project management, Soft skills for tech engineers
August 22, 2024December 18, 2024

Why I Learn About Management as an Engineer—Even Though I Never Want to Be a Manager.

You should learn about management as an engineer! There. I said it. I don’t want to become a manager; I’d…

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Beyond Programming: The Art of Software Engineering à la Google – takeaways from the book “Software Engineering at Google”
Career, Development, IT project management, Team work
May 12, 2024December 18, 2024

Beyond Programming: The Art of Software Engineering à la Google – takeaways from the book “Software Engineering at Google”

Curious about the art of Software Engineering as practiced at Google? From understanding the difference between programming and software engineering…

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Stream API – Java advanced (OCP)
Java
November 12, 2022November 29, 2024

Stream API – Java advanced (OCP)

The Java Stream API allows to create pipelines of chained methods to produce a result. It exists since Java 8.…

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68 things I learned at Devoxx Belgium 2022
Development
November 5, 2022April 22, 2025

68 things I learned at Devoxx Belgium 2022

This year, I attended the Devoxx convention deep dive days. I was my first time attending such an event and…

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The Art of Knowledge Sharing in Development Teams
Development, Team work
October 30, 2022November 29, 2024

The Art of Knowledge Sharing in Development Teams

Developers don’t like writing documentation, generally. — Knowledge sharing in tech teams seems to be a recurring problem. While it…

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The Hitchhiker’s guide to a great Developer Onboarding
Team work
October 9, 2022November 29, 2024

The Hitchhiker’s guide to a great Developer Onboarding

A guide on how to onboard a new software engineer on a project with efficiency

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Who’s “she”

30-something Software Engineer

📌 Passionate about Knowledge Sharing, UX/User Centric development, Inclusion and Ethics, DevOps and automation, Developer Experience.

📌 Started working in IT after a career shift (10 years in a non-technical field).

📌 5 years’ experience in Software Engineering.

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