Tag: guide

All the articles with the tag "guide".

• Personal Finance for Engineers

  Published:Jun 8, 2024 |  at 09:09 PM

  I've made every money mistake possible, from not saving enough to investing poorly. What I wish I knew about personal finance when I started my engineering career, including practical advice on 401(k)s, budgeting, and investment strategies.

• Tech Interview Tips and Strategies

  Published:Jul 5, 2023 |  at 12:53 PM

  I've been helping a friend prepare for technical interviews by running mock interviews and offering feedback. Here are my best tips and strategies for acing your tech interviews, from behavioral questions to coding challenges.

• Senior Engineer Job Search Preparation

  Published:May 1, 2023 |  at 12:53 PM

  I recently concluded a job search and landed at Snapchat. My detailed guide on how I prepared for interviews, navigated the process, and selected a new role as a senior engineer.

• Load Testing Guide

  Published:Jan 13, 2022 |  at 06:22 PM

  We built a new service that handled 20x more traffic than expected. When we load tested it, it died at 20% of expected traffic. My complete guide to load testing, from choosing tools to interpreting results.

• An Intro to AWS Certifications

  Published:Sep 4, 2018 |  at 01:23 PM

  I'm usually skeptical of certification programs, but AWS certifications felt different. They focus on how to build scalable and reliable services. My take on why they're worth it and how to prepare for the exams.

• What is Churning and Why Should I Care?

  Published:Jun 23, 2018 |  at 05:32 AM

  I got into credit card churning a few years ago, and it's become a rewarding hobby. My wife and I went on our honeymoon using rewards points. This introductory guide covers the world of credit card rewards.

• DevOps from Scratch, Part 2: Amazon & Terraform

  Published:Sep 20, 2016 |  at 12:32 PM

  In part 2 of my DevOps from Scratch series, we'll take our Flask app from local development to production on AWS using Terraform for infrastructure automation and Ansible for deployment.

• DevOps from Scratch, Part 1: Vagrant & Ansible

  Published:Sep 19, 2016 |  at 12:32 PM

  Ever wondered how to build and deploy a web app from scratch? This is the first part of my 'DevOps from Scratch' series, where we'll get hands-on with Vagrant and Ansible to automate our local development setup for a Python web application.

• How to Land the Right Tech Job for You

  Published:Jan 21, 2016 |  at 12:45 PM

  Job hunting can feel like shopping for a new car—exciting at first, then intimidating and hopeless. Having been both a candidate and an interviewer, I've put together this comprehensive guide to help you navigate the process and land the right tech job.