Engineering with Utsav

There is a big problem with side projects. Find out why in my new video.

Here are some tips to become efficient as a new software engineer on a new team.

1. Maintain a personal knowledge base
2. Ask for a ramp-up buddy / mentor
3. Establish communication channels
4. Follow a top down model to ramp-up to new code bases
5. Manage and be on top of your tasks diligently
6. Fail fast and round-robin your Q&A

For more details, watch my new video on YT. Link in bio.

The 8-step process to a successful offer negotiation:

1. Plan ahead
2. Research trends
3. Know where you fit
4. Make a bucketed list
5. Schedule interviews smartly
6. Ace your interviews
7. Land competing offers
8. Negotiate

For more details, check out the video on YT.
https://youtu.be/kOQ53LUYGJg

This should be your first distributed systems design book! To find out why, check out my latest video on YT. Link in BIO.

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Happy Friday!

Here is how you can get multiple remote software engineering job offers in less than 14 days!

LINK IN BIO.

Why does your code suck? Well, because it has things what we call "smells". Here are 5 of the most common code smells that you must learn to avoid:

1. God class
2. Long parameter list
3. Unnecessary comments
4. Magic numbers
5. Switch statements from hell

If you want to learn what exactly these are and how you can avoid them to write better code, make sure to check out my new video.

LINK IN BIO.

Thought I'd do something a bit different this week and show you the "tech things" I carry everyday. Since we are going back to work, maybe it makes sense. Or, maybe it does not. I don't know.

Anyway, if you are interested in that kind of thing, check out my new video.
LINK IN BIO.

Thanks, for sending over your new book! CS Distilled was a great little book and I can’t wait to read the new one. I’ll be reviewing these in an upcoming episode of Sunday Standup in the YouTube channel. Cheers! :)
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