Here’s what I look for with software engineers II hire.

Pragmatism: pick the right solution for the right problem. And your work should create minimal work for others.

Thirst to learn: there is always something new and exciting and there’s always a better way to do it. Look for that. It also means being open to feedback.

Collaboration instead of execution: I need my team to challenge me. For that, they need to get as much of the bigger picture as they can. That means always being able to answer “why” you do things. It also means that I expect healthy conflict with my teams. If you go from being taught to teaching me, you immediately get a bump in my list of top teammates.

No excuse: we acknowledge problems and deal with them together. (Requires a good work environment though).

As you can see, nothing I wrote is purely code related. Only thing I ask tech wise is: know your shit, where to find it, who to ask.

Also, my top resource to get people started with what it means to become a software engineer is solidbook.io.

I’m on Pcloud, server with rsync+rclone to move files from file system to cloud and use it as a unified file system.

The lifetime storage offer from pcloud has been worth it for me and I even upgraded it from 2 to 12 TB

You just brought back fond memories of mine

I loved sliding that keyboard

Really depends on your age and interests

I started learning programming concepts as a teen by using RPG Maker. It introduced me to concepts such as variables, conditions, loops in a “low code” environment.

Thing is, I had a reachable goal which made it easier for me to learn and feel good as I had a tangible result. Things such as “I want to add a point everytime I touch X item” where very good for this.

IMO, I wouldn’t worry too much about the language at first and focus on small reachable goals you want to achieve. But to each his own way of learning.

Like games? You should probably check out GDevelop.

Want to automate some of your online tasks? Maybe n8n.io.

Also, it’s better if the tool you use starts with a high level of abstraction (it’s very esay to use) and allows you to add in some scripts.

If you want to go further, pick a language and go through the basics. And if you’re feeling even more adventurous, head to roadmap.sh to find a learning path towards your goal.

Edit: Also, ChatGPT is really good to teach you IF you always ask it to explain whatever you don’t fully understand in the code it writes

And he’s not alone.

I’m on tech Twitter and trying to switch to Mastodon. Unfortunately, the latest news and top content are still on Twitter and I don’t want to be missing out on either of those.

I know and I researched quite a bit before making the jump.

Basically there are couple of things which make me think they won’t just shut down:

• They’ve been around for quite a while (10 years as of now)
• They’re betting on the ever decreasing costs of storage to manage their margin
• They still try to sell you complementary products
• They don’t ever have to increase your max storage unless you pay again
• They still have monthly subscription available

All in all, I’ve felt pretty safe using them and I’ve done the cloud provider switch once so I can do it again

PCloud, once in a lifetime payment. Quite happy with it and works well with RSync

Just buy it on black friday as it’s usually their lowest “on sale” price (they are always on sale it seems)

Sorry but you are using the wrong cloud storage provider.

I’ve switched to pCloud on black Friday. It was a one time payment for 2TB lifetime (10TB is also available) cloud storage. I checked and it was ~250€ at the time.

Considering the amount of HDD I’ve burned through in the early years I’ve already saved a couple thousand dollars and I haven’t lost any file since.

Just make sure to watch their price as they currently have a sale and I don’t believe for 1 second that the initial price was in fact 1140€ for 2TB as advertised.

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