How’s it going, I'm a Adam, a Full-Stack Engineer, actively searching for work. I'm all about JavaScript. And Frontend but don't let that fool you - I've also got some serious Backend skills.
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I'm a software engineer working as a full-stack developer using JavaScript, Node.js, and React. I write about my experiences in tech, tutorials, and share helpful hints.
Sitting down with someone to look at the code or debug. If I'm not prepared and have not looked at the code for at least a few minutes by myself beforehand, I have no idea what is going on.
Relational databases. I honestly go for document and key-value stores often not because I think RDBs are ill suited for the job but because I don't want to deal with them.
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I want to answer this with a joke... but that's probably just a defense mechanism. Or something.
Self-care.
e2e tests and explaining how my code works
Typing, spelling and reading fast. That doesn't apply to code.
Sitting down with someone to look at the code or debug. If I'm not prepared and have not looked at the code for at least a few minutes by myself beforehand, I have no idea what is going on.
That's a great soil to grow a magnificent impostor syndrome!
I am terrible at explaining my code, despite knowing how & why it works.
Conversation and smalltalk
Interviewing
Relational databases. I honestly go for document and key-value stores often not because I think RDBs are ill suited for the job but because I don't want to deal with them.
Same! I'm awful at SQL and RDBs are the bane of my existence
aaaaah, you break my heart :P
It's not lack of will, it's lack of competence :p
What concepts you find hard? Maybe I can help.
In the meantime I think you can start here:
Everything you need to know about (Relational) Databases
Lucas Olivera ・ 16 min read
I'm not saying relational DBs are super easy, but I think they are really important to know, even if you end up not using them :D
Spelling and grammar. Its probably a good thing I have spell check available 😄