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Practical advice for stuck developers
Job search strategy, portfolio building, interview prep, and the truth about the entry-level market.
Job Search
Twitter/X for Developers: Who to Follow and What to Post
Twitter/X for developers is less about broadcasting and more about being present in a community. Here's how to use it without wasting your time or damaging your reputation.
10 min read
Job Search
Springboard Review 2026: The Job Guarantee, the Trade-Offs, and Who It's For
Springboard's job guarantee is real, but it comes with conditions that matter as much as the headline promise. Here's what the program actually offers and who it's the right fit for.
11 min read
Portfolio
Writing a Technical Post-Mortem: What You Built, What Broke, What You Learned
A post-mortem shows hiring managers something a GitHub repo can't: that you understand what went wrong and why, and that you can reason about it honestly.
11 min read
Job Search
Fullstack Academy Review: Who It's For and What to Know Before You Enroll
Fullstack Academy built a reputation on JavaScript depth and a tight alumni community. The curriculum is solid. Whether it gets you a job depends on factors the program doesn't fully control.
11 min read
Portfolio
Your Developer Portfolio Website: What to Include and What to Skip
A portfolio website is not required to get hired. But if you build one, it needs to show your work quickly. Not impress anyone with CSS animations.
12 min read
Job Search
General Assembly Coding Bootcamp: An Honest Review for 2026
General Assembly has been around longer than most bootcamps and has one of the largest alumni networks in the industry. That brand strength is real. Completion still isn't employment.
11 min read
Job Search
How to Build in Public: Sharing Your Learning Without Oversharing
Building in public is not about posting daily updates or narrating every line of code you write. It is about leaving a trail of evidence that you build things and think carefully about them.
11 min read
Job Search
Hack Reactor / Galvanize: What It Was and What Replaced It
Hack Reactor had a reputation as one of the harder coding bootcamps. After years of acquisitions and consolidation through Galvanize, the brand has largely faded. Here's the history — and what former students should focus on now.
11 min read
Job Search
How to Post on LinkedIn as a Developer Without Feeling Cringy
Most developers avoid posting on LinkedIn because the dominant style of content there feels hollow and self-congratulatory. But there's a different way to post that doesn't require pretending to have lessons to teach.
10 min read