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Andrew (he/him)
Andrew (he/him)

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Let's Connect!

Dev.To is great for learning from other developers through medium-to-long-form blog posts. I think I've learned more being a member of Dev over the past four or five months than over any other comparable period in my life. And it's a great community! People are welcoming and eager to help and share their experiences.

But it's not my go-to website for job searches. That would be LinkedIn, or Indeed, or (because I'm in Ireland) IrishJobs.ie. The format of these websites makes it easier to host a CV/resume-like page online and scout for relevant jobs based on location, salary, and tech stack filters.

And it's not my go-to website for having real-time conversations about current events. That's still Twitter (and I think that's the same for most people).

Unless you're WeChat, no product should try to be a Jack-of-all-trades. Do one thing and do it well. Dev.To does tech blogging really well, and may be able to expand into a developer-focused social network, but for now, it's got its limitations.

On that note, I'd love to connect with some more developers on Twitter (for fun) and LinkedIn (for business). If we're not already, connect with me and post your info below so I can follow you back! Bonus points if you want to talk about Java. Or dogs.

my Twitter: @_awwsmm
my LinkedIn: in/awwsmm

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Pritesh Usadadiya

always happy to connect to fellow developers. followed you and i see, you followed back. That was quick Andrew ;-)

lets chat about java (selenium is my primary area), jmeter, performance testing.

On the other note how, that Talk thing worked out ?

Find me here on twitter

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Andrew (he/him)

Good though thanks! Signed up for a talk next month at a pub, summarising my PhD! Still looking for other opportunities!

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Pritesh Usadadiya

that's great! Congratulations...

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Andrew (he/him)

2 fast 4 u

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Pritesh Usadadiya

hehe

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Andrew (he/him)

I've never used Selenium. What's it used for?

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Pritesh Usadadiya • Edited

it's java based automation framework used for web automation. it's one of most popular framework for automated testing. you can read all about it here

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00babe9

There is more light-weight analogue called Selenide. More high-level suite.

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Rachel Soderberg

I followed you, I've converted my Twitter over to be my "career/tech talk" place so it's nice to find another like-minded person to follow. If you'd like to follow me back: My Twitter I've been trying to be more active on it.

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James Perkins • Edited

Anyone can add me on twitter we can talk Java, Open source, Node and dogs.

Currently working on some new NPM packages and working with on a couple open source projects out in the world

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Christian Brintnall • Edited

Happy to connect here. Trying to post more tech related posts. Typically hover around low level programming, game dev, and Python.

Link worked for me, but my handle is @ChristianBrint2

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Andrew (he/him)

That link doesn't seem to work! :(

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Christian Brintnall

Hmm, it was working when I clicked on it. I added my handle to my post :) Thanks for the heads up.

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Andrew (he/him)

The URL has a %5D character in it, which is a close bracket ']'. Typo maybe?

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Pawan Chaurasia • Edited

dogs > cats always

rjsnh1522 in almost every social media(twitter, fb, here, linkedin etc ..)

Ruby, Python mostly.

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Rinon Tendrinomena

Hey guys, I would love to connect to devs here and on twitter. Please give a follow. You can see some more details of what I am sharing here

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Betkowski

Followed you on Twitter Andrew, and same here, would love to connect with more like-minded individuals.

Find me at twitter.

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Tom VanAntwerp

I'd be happy to connect with any other devs on twitter!

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00babe9 • Edited

Always happy to connect!
my LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dyadic/. Feel free to ask me anything. I really appreciate to discuss any topics from dev to life.

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Andrew (he/him)

Just added you!

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Raunak Ramakrishnan

Followed you on Twitter! I think we should have something like a discord or slack where dev.toers can easily converse.