#537 How many years to senior engineer?
Becoming a senior engineer isn't about clocking years
How many years to senior engineer?
Becoming a senior engineer isn't about clocking years, but about depth and breadth of experience. Work in diverse teams, stick with a codebase for 3+ years, and take on projects with real stakes.
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An Excruciatingly Detailed Guide To SSH
SSH is such a powerful tool but sometimes the syntax and other concepts can get in the way of us accomplishing our goals. In an effort to do more evil things in a timely fashion I’ve put together a massive list of SSH things that I find useful.
Computer Science Problems Faced at Cloud Database Companies
You will not find a broader set of Computer Science problems inside one piece of software than by working on a cloud database, especially general-purpose databases that attempt to solve a lot of different use cases.
GNU Parallel, where have you been all my life?
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