I've been hired by Google, Epic Games and Affirm to name a few. Here are the 10 of the trickier interview questions - and how to respond well: Number 1: "How would you handle a situation where you strongly disagree with the higher-ups' decision?" THREAD with advice on all 10:

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 != 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 Software Engineer == Problem Solver Don't attack problems with code. Try first to understand them from a business perspective and then a technical perspective. When you do this, make a plan for how to solve it. Try to

Software estimates are one of the oldest lies we tell ourselves. We all know they don't work, but pretend they mean something and later feel enraged when shit hits the fan. I focused a big part of my undergrad on software estimation. After graduating, I wrote plenty about the

manifesting this.

How do you want to be loved today?

If you see this… please have more belief in yourself.

When to Say No to a Customer's Feature Request: A B2B Guide (source: Reforge Groups)

Just because God gives you a dream, gives you a promise, doesn’t mean you can sit back and be passive. You have to go possess it. You have to take steps of faith. That’s when you’re going to see God step in and do things that you couldn’t do.

When I was a kid, my grandfather told me the story of the Blind Men and the Elephant: (everyone needs to hear this) Six blind men are brought to examine an elephant that has come to their village. The first man touches the trunk and says that the elephant is like a thick

What is the single greatest piece of advice you've ever received?

The cost of perfectionism is the life you could’ve lived. How to get over perfectionism (and not overthink everything):

Don't fear failure. Let it work its magic

See yourself as self-employed

Make consistency your loudest statement.

Stop comparing yourself.

— Mary Oliver

A lesson I wish I learned earlier: Talent and intelligence are abundant. Courage is not. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t.

How Docker Works: A Practical Tutorial Docker allows you to package your application and its dependencies into a container so it runs reliably on any system. What Problem Does Docker Solve → Your code may work on your machine but fail elsewhere due to OS, library, or

S.O.L.I.D principles explained with examples: 𝐒: 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 (𝐒𝐑𝐏) - A class should have one and only one reason to change. ❌ Bad: A UserManager class that handles authentication, user profiles, and email notifications. ✅