Senior SDE Job Search in 2026: Strategy, Luck, and AI
/ 18 min read
After six years, I stepped back into the interviewing world, and it wasn't what I remembered. Here are my tips, tricks, and some encouragement for the modern job search.
Brewing: #career
12 shots of career. Served hot.
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Layoffs 2026: My Departure from Amazon
/ 9 min readSharing my experience of the day it happened, the aftermath, and the decisions to be made before walking out the door. A firsthand insight into big tech layoffs.
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RSUs — What if you turned them into ETFs?
/ 6 min readThinking of cashing out the RSUs and investing the money elsewhere? Let’s run the numbers first!
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Understand Your Paycheck: RSUs
/ 10 min readExplaining the terms and simplifying the calculation process — with a real-life example!
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Create Your Own Website — Is It Worth It?
/ 10 min readAll the pros and cons of owning a website, all the whys and the hows — in one place!
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My Relocation Diaries — The 2-Years Mark!
/ 10 min readWhen does it stop being “a relocation” and start being “the new home”?
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A Non-Scary Introduction to Django
/ 7 min readThe tutorial that would've saved me a month of procrastination
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Things I’ve Learned in My First Year Abroad
/ 13 min readA year of living in Dublin, a year of working at Amazon, a year without visiting home
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Is Web Security Too Complicated To Get Into?
/ 4 min readYes, but you should still do it.
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7 Reasons to Add a Coffee Break Event to Your Calendar
/ 3 min readWith social distancing and working from home, it is much more than just a coffee break
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3 LinkedIn Learning (Lynda) Courses You Should Take
/ 4 min readThese courses may not contain code — but will help your career as a software developer
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Don’t Be Scared of CSS
/ 7 min readFor the fullstack developer who is secretly a backend developer