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Dragos NedelcuDown-to-earth advice for Software Engineers looking to level up to Senior and beyond.
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disasters must happen
In 2025, the AWS region US-EAST-1 went dark for 15 long hours.
Estimated losses of about $72 million per hour. That’s the annual salary of 288 software engineers.
Wasted. Per hour.
To put that into perspective, Valve makes blockbuster ga...
7 Secrets of Exceptional Software Developers
Are you asking yourself, what should I do to get to the next level?
Every day, I talk to developers from all corners of the world. With different backgrounds and different tech stacks.
Do you know what they all have in common?
They want...
3 Reasons Why Developers Fail (And How To Fix Them)
In my 3 years of training and mentoring over 200+ software developers, I observed a strange set of patterns.
These patterns determine whether a developer will succeed or fail in their quest to reach their full potential.
Some of t...
9 Senior Developer Mental Models Every Programmer Should Master
“Senior Developer is not a title. It is a way of thinking.” - Bogdan Nedelcu
If you’ve worked with real Senior Developers before, you know that is a fact.
Yet, at the same time, most tutorials and courses out here focus on teaching you th...
5 Commandments For Success As A Self-Taught Developer
Hello, hello,
Today, I wanted to share a success story from one of my mentees.
This developer worked with JavaScript (Angular), was self-taught, and had around 2 and a half years of experience writing code.
BUT…
His stor...
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