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Joppy Newsletter - August 2022

#33: Why Don’t Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? Learn Terraform

Something to read 📖

Why Don’t Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?
The hard truth that many companies struggle to wrap their heads around is that they should be paying their long-tenured engineers above market rate. This is because an engineer that’s been working at a company for a long time will be more impactful specifically at that company than at any other company. preview
Coding Interview Prep for Big Tech (FAANG) – And How I Became A Google Engineer
When I changed careers from lawyer to software engineer at Google, I published 10 big ideas that helped me make that massive transition. Since then I’ve had a ton of questions from people asking me questions about...
On leaving Mapbox after 12 years
It’s been about nine months since I left Mapbox and the circumstances of my exit may offer some insight into how the tech industry operates. Mapbox’s story is likely similar to other companies with promise and ambition that haven’t quite broken through. preview
Organizing and scaling an effective data team
Here’s a high-level sketch of how to organize and scale an effective data team. First, for the avoidance of doubt, a company should have an expressly-organized data team whose strategic purpose is advancing the company through data. Some analysts siloed within the finance and product teams won’t cut it.
Hire and retain people who increase momentum. Shed the rest.
@avlok

Something to watch 📺

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Learn Terraform and AWS by Building a Dev Environment

Terraform is an open source Infrastructure-as-Code tool. It helps you write code that will spin up cloud servers and other cloud services. This saves you the hassle of manually configuring them each time you want to deploy
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10 very promising Open Source Projects you haven’t heard of

Let's explore 10 game-changing open source libraries that can make your code faster, prettier, and cheaper. A hand-picked list of the coolest dev tools and projects on GitHub in 2022.

Some job offers 🧐

company logo Well Gesundheit AG is looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer 50K€-68K€ Apply

Barcelona (WFH)   "The Well app offers you on-demand access to healthcare services and your own personal information. Are you an experienced Fullstack that knows Java and Angular? Apply and let's chat!"

company logo Tribes Studio is looking for Web3 CTO 89K€-109K€ Apply

Remote   "Tribes is a web3 gaming studio - we're building super exciting NFT and blockchain games.
We're looking for a CTO who'd like to join the founding team. If you're from gaming, you have a passion for blockchain and want to join at the earliest stage and build our future together - then hit us up!"

company logo haddock is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer experienced in NodeJS 55K€-70K€ Apply

Barcelona (WFH)   "We are the first B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) specialized in “Horeca”. As a full-stack software engineer, you will help drive architecture and technology decisions across the full development stack."

Seen on the net 🌐

Good First Issue
Good First Issue curates easy pickings from popular open-source projects, and helps you make your first contribution to open-source.
earth.fm - Listen to nature sounds, fall in love with the Earth
We’re building a non-profit, free repository of pure, immersive natural soundscapes as a fundraising platform for local, grassroots charities that support the restoration of our natural world. preview
7 Free Terminal Tools and Emulators to Boost Development Productivity
The terminal has been around for decades and is an essential part of a developer's toolbox. Interestingly, I've noticed that there have been a ton of new tools and emulators popping up into the terminal ecosystem. It has been exciting to see that the terminal is still getting some love even after all these years. preview
10 visuals that will change how you see success & productivity
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HTTP/3 From A To Z: Core Concepts
After almost five years in development, the new HTTP/3 protocol is nearing its final form. Earlier iterations were already available as an experimental feature, but you can expect the availability and use of HTTP/3 proper to ramp up over in 2021. So what exactly is HTTP/3? Why was it needed so soon after HTTP/2? How can or should you use it? And especially, how does it improve web performance? preview
What’s the biggest career mistake a software developer can make?
In this forum thread you'll find opinions about what is the biggest mistake a developer can make in his/her career. Do you agree? Do you have something different to say? What's your experience? preview
At a certain point in your professional growth, you need to actively choose whether to focus on technical challenges in the context of people, or people challenges in the context of technology.
@adrukh

Something to laugh (or not) 😂

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Some events to attend 📍

Introduction to Front-end Development with React

This talk will introduce attendees to React, a free and open source JavaScript-based library that encourages declarative component-based development of user interfaces

Online

Aug 16 18-19 GMT

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React Native EU

The first community conference in Europe focused exclusively on React Native.

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Sep 1-2

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Rustlang 2022

Rust is slowly building more and more momentum, and we believe that in the future, a lot of our lives will be run on Rust.

Online

Sep 1 17 GMT

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Hybrid ContainerDays

ContainerDays 2022 will offer you a great learning experience on #Kubernetes, #CloudNative, #DevOps, #GitOps, #EdgeComputing and much more.

Online free

Sep 5-7

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