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How to apply for UX Job without experience?

This article will tell you other aspects that you should take into account when you prepare for the real professional work.

How Bassma leveraged mentorship to start a new job in another country

Bassma Hefni leveraged the experience of her mentor to prepare for a long journey and a change of scenery. Long interview sessions, building new skills and preparing for a big move ended up in her scoring multiple design offers in Europe.

Why Mentors Are Like Magic Mushrooms?

It's time to take a trip to the Mushroom Kingdom! Come with me as I explain why mentors are like magic mushrooms and share six of the main ways that getting a mentor can help you develop professionally and personally.

Innovation through Branding

You don’t need a breakthrough invention to innovate, you can be unique and bring something new to the table by working on your brand.

5 tips for presenting UX case studies

How to create a template for your design project that just works

Navigating the challenge of getting started in your data career.

Practical tips on how to secure your first role in the data industry

Career Growth Hacks w/ Yulia Arellano

We are talking to Yulia Arellano, who is a professional career coach as well as a mentor on MentorCruise and doing professional development and professional coaching full-time. She will tell us a little bit more about what we can do in our careers to make sure we do not get stuck; or if we are already feeling stuck, what we can do to get out of it.

Nicki Tinson – Meet the Mentor

I'm on a mission to help data professionals learn and develop, from entry level all the way to getting into management. I passionately believe that empowered analysts are vital to the success of a business.

(2022) Acing Panel Interviews: Tips, Questions & Answers

Panel Interviews are a type of interview where you are interviewed by multiple people at the same time. By multiple, it could be two or three people, but usually more than that.

The art of not caring as a Software Engineer

The two things I hate the most about life are stress and wasting time. The latter usually leads to the former.

15 Key Lessons from Career Superpowers: Succeeding on Purpose by James Whittaker

This post presents a summary of the book Career Superpowers: Succeeding on Purpose by James Whittaker.

Managing Simultaneous Learning and Productivity

This post describes a framework to manage the need for simultaneous learning and productivity in time-constrained contexts, particularly in software engineering.

What is good design?

A reflection on the origins of the 10 principles of Dieter Rams

Leadership can be lonely

Why is it that we only tend to talk about leadership issues if we’re in specific training courses?

The Horse and the Jockey: the real flaw of Startups that fail

In 2012, a Harvard Business School study revealed that 75% of startups close without ever giving a return to their investors. Now, this year, CB Insights found out that little has changed: 70% of startups also close without giving a return to those who put money into them.

7 rules to be a Great Software Team Member — Team Leader perspective

As Software Developers, we often focus most of our attention on the technical aspect of our work. Especially since we are engineers! What if I told you that there is a second parallel world out there? The world of people, business, communication and cooperation!

Justin Middler – Meet the Mentor

Hi, I'm Justin. I have 10 years experience in IT, with experience ranging from racking, stacking and patching network appliances, to travelling the world providing cyber security advice to Fortune 500 companies, and most recently, being employed by Microsoft as a Software Engineer.

Breaking into big tech w/ Dylan Israel

Big tech is as booming as ever, and it does not look like it is slowing down anytime soon. Even during the COVID pandemic, the FAANG companies, that is Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google with Microsoft being an honorary member, have grown their revenue by 50% during that year. And even while every other business was shutting down, they were hiring fast.

(2022) Zoom Virtual Interviews: Tutorial, Tips, & Great Backgrounds

Have a Zoom interview soon, and want to prepare beforehand? Congrats! You’re already one step ahead of your competition.

Common Performance Management Mistakes

How to Avoid Pain Points Introduced by Cloud-Based Architectures

Need to Build Event-Driven Architecture in the Azure?

Need to Build Event-Driven Architecture in the Azure? Easy with Azure Event Grid and Azure function!

(2022) Product Owner Interview Questions, Answers, Overview & Tips To Succeed

Want to get the full scoop on Product Owner Interviews? Preparation for any type of interview can be challenging, particularly as you have usually around an hour to show off a career’s worth of your skills, aptitude and attitude as a potential candidate.

Why Do Start-Up Founders Need a Mentor?

Mentorship is the best-kept open secret in the business, and in this series of articles, I explained why. It’s a great way to speed up your career progression without cutting corners or having to make your own costly mistakes.

What Is Behavioral Marketing And How Can You Use It?

When it comes to online marketing, there are many different strategies that can be used, but what about Behavioral Marketing?

In 4 years I went from low paying job, no education, to a Software Engineer with Microsoft

I want to share my short 4 year journey of leaving a low paying IT job, to working for one of the most profitable companies in the world, with no formal education and how you can too!

2 Widespread Attacks on Your Containerized Environment and 7 Rules to Prevent Them

How to Apply Common Security Principles and What tool to Choose to Prevent Attacks on Your Docker Containers and Kubernetes clusters.

Bringing A Healthy Code Review Mindset To Your Team

Take a moment to remember the last time you collaborated in a code review. Did your team overcome feedback resistance and manage time expectations? Fostering a healthy mindset is the key to build trust and sharing knowledge with your colleagues.

Mobile and IoT Security Strategies in the Cloud

Security measures and principles in Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS

Rathan Raju – Meet the Mentor

A process-oriented data scientist with in-depth knowledge of Machine learning, databases, programming, business intelligence, and visualization.

How I left my job during the COVID crisis and landed at Google

A year ago I made the decision to leave my job. Without any back-up plan, without any idea of where I was going — I resigned.