Nick Cosentino | Simplifying software engineering concepts for you | Principal Software Engineering Manager @Microsoft | Creator of @BrandGhostAI 👻

Seattle, WA
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AI-generated code is here. Should teams start reviewing AI pull requests differently than human-written ones?
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Becoming The Interview Champion - Interview With Dynamic Singh I had the pleasure of sitting down with Bhupinder Singh, popularly known as Dynamic Singh, to discuss his journey in turning his interview problems... into one of his greatest strengths! In our conversation, we discussed that it's not just about copying some steps and hoping you land the job -- truly, you need to become the person that you're aspiring to be. And guess what that means? You have to put in the time, and the effort, and the practice to become someone who is great at interviewing. It's all a mindset shift! Watch it here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… #Interview #Podcast #SoftwareEngineering
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📌 Have you been tuning into my AMA live-streams I do EVERY Monday at 7:00 PM PST? Each stream I focus on: - Reviewing my most recent newsletter - Providing my perspective on spicy Reddit posts related to software development - And most importantly... ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS! 👇 Let me know what you want me to answer in my next stream! 👇
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Why don’t programmers like to go outside? … .. . They can't find the root!
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I'm not going to debate the "engineer" part of the "software engineer" title but... Some people aren't aware there are restrictions around this title depending on where in the world you work! When I was in Canada, "engineer" was classified as a licensed profession that required: - An education from an accredited university - An ethics exam - Accumulated working hours signed off by an engineer - Yearly dues to the governing body of engineers Literally -- you could not call yourself a "software engineer" and there are many cases of the governing engineering body going to companies to tell them to adjust their job titles. We were allowed to say we were "doing work in the field of software engineering", but we could not claim we were engineers unless we met the conditions I listed above. Tough love, eh? So by Canadian standards, I'm still not a "professional" to this day. - I never accumulated the hours under another engineer - I never wrote my ethics exam I only had the schooling as part of my experience. All of this just to let people know that there are different perspectives to take -- even when we're all talking about the same things and using the same words. Are you a professional software engineer in Canada? Has anything changed since I've been there? (How about that iron ring?!)
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How did Callie Buruchara become a senior in a short period of time? She did 7,281,392 LeetCode problems. ... but you'll never guess how many linked lists she reversed! Callie attributes much of her success to getting her senior role to her communication skills. She explains that communication and people skills were able to shine when her team needed more informal leadership and guidance to bridge some challenging times. This is one of the ways that Callie REALLY stood out. Does that mean she can't reverse a linked list? I'm sure she can. Callie is still very technical, but she has a strong set of communication skills to allow her to work very effectively with others. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/AWTwji6mmeA
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Beginner CRASH COURSE for IEnumerable in .NET C# Enumerables and iterators are a confusing topic for many people even if they aren't new to C#. In this video we'll look at the IEnumerable interface and see how this works with respect to some basic collections. This will serve as a very basic introduction and later on we can expand to more complex topics! Watch here: bgh.st/d7sso3
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Looking for some reading on Blazor? These articles should help cover a variety of topics that you might be interested in then: devleader.ca/category/csharp… Project Ideas: - Budgeting App: devleader.ca/2023/10/17/how-… - Personal Website: devleader.ca/2023/10/15/how-… - ToDo List: devleader.ca/2023/10/05/step… Plugins - Plugin Architecture How-To: devleader.ca/2023/09/14/plug… - RenderFragment Plugins: devleader.ca/2023/09/26/blaz… - Dynamic Plugin Loading: devleader.ca/2023/09/15/blaz… Testing - Testing for Beginners: devleader.ca/2023/10/26/blaz… - Unit Testing: devleader.ca/2023/10/18/blaz… General - Call JavaScript: devleader.ca/2023/10/13/how-… - Render Mode Challenges: devleader.ca/2024/03/21/blaz… - MudBlazor List Items: devleader.ca/2024/03/20/mudb… #blazor #csharp #dotnet #dotnetcore #aspnet #aspnetcore
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How did Callie Buruchara become a senior in a short period of time? She did 7,281,392 LeetCode problems. ... but you'll never guess how many linked lists she reversed! Callie attributes much of her success to getting her senior role to her communication skills. She explains that communication and people skills were able to shine when her team needed more informal leadership and guidance to bridge some challenging times. This is one of the ways that Callie REALLY stood out. Does that mean she can't reverse a linked list? I'm sure she can. Callie is still very technical, but she has a strong set of communication skills to allow her to work very effectively with others. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/AWTwji6mmeA
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Sharing Information Without Overloading Engineers Share information without overwhelming engineers: make context accessible, explain changes, and distinguish useful transparency from repeated interruption. Read the article here: bgh.st/qmuuvl
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How to Raise a Difficult Issue in a One-on-One Navigate difficult conversations with your manager: explain the impact, clarify the support you need, and agree on next steps without having every answer. Read the article here: bgh.st/uh21sa
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When you're hiring a .NET dev, would you rather see: - Deep familiarity with Microsoft stack - Open source contributions - A side project portfolio ... Something else? Maybe a mix?
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📌 Have you been tuning into my AMA live-streams I do EVERY Monday at 7:00 PM PST? Each stream I focus on: - Reviewing my most recent newsletter - Providing my perspective on spicy Reddit posts related to software development - And most importantly... ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS! 👇 Let me know what you want me to answer in my next stream! 👇
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Why do programmers hate nature? … .. . It has too many bugs.
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