The road you need to take to become a senior developer is huge. It is a difference that most developers underestimate — I know I did back in my early days of writing code. Becoming a senior developer comes down to understanding the big picture that many developers are simply unable to see. It involves mastering testing, design patterns, and clean code. …

Are you asking yourself, what should I do to get to the next level? Every day, I talk to developers from all corners of the world. With different backgrounds and different tech stacks. Do you know what they all have in common? They want to grow. Yes. All of them…

In my 3 years of training and mentoring over 200+ software developers, I observed a strange set of patterns. These patterns determine whether a developer will succeed or fail in their quest to reach their full potential. Some of those principles are obvious, others not so. Developers that ignore these…

“Senior Developer is not a title. It is a way of thinking.” — Bogdan Nedelcu If you’ve worked with real Senior Developers before, you know that is a fact. Yet, at the same time, most tutorials and courses out here focus on teaching you the latest, shiniest frameworks, instead of…

Today, I wanted to share a success story from one of my mentees. This developer worked with JavaScript (Angular), was self-taught, and had around 2 and a half years of experience writing code. BUT… His story is helpful to developers at ANY level. Because in a few weeks, he went…

Tech companies are getting rid of developers at lightning speed. If you are a developer looking for a job right now, you might want to level up your game. After helping over 200+ developers get better jobs with an average pay increase of 20k, I can only tell you what…

“You are not your fucking khakis” — Tyler Durden. In the last couple of months, I’ve talked to developers about the impact that tools like ChatGPT and Github Copilot will have on our future. And God, it’s been a hard one! Besides finding out that most of them haven’t even…

What does it take to become an exceptional software developer? A question that haunted me for years. Is it one thing, or is it many? Is it “years of experience”? Is it a specific technology or framework? Or is it simply luck? The reason for that is that I left…

There are only 3 major mistakes that prevent developers from making it to the next level, whether it is Senior or beyond. And to be honest with you, they don’t take long to fix. These are the exact things we help our mentees put in place: Mistake #1: No clarity on their technical level Look… trying to “get…