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Saeed Ahmad
Saeed Ahmad

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5 Tips for Newbies in Software Engineering

Everyone wants to have a good job!

❓ But do you know the competition is getting harder day-by-day?

So...

What do you need to do?

You need to STAND OUT!

What does this mean to you as a software engineer?

📚 Work on your concepts:

Data Structure & Algorithms, System Design, Ins and Outs of the language you are working on

⭐ Open-source contributions:

Start contributing to the open-source projects, they'll give you an idea of the things in the real-world

📁 Have a good portfolio:

Work on having some good projects in your portfolio, it will add value to your profile overall

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join communities:

Join software communities around you. It'll help you network with people, which even may help you land a job!

🔗 Build meaningful connections:

Stay humble and help others. It'll help you build meaningful and long-lasting connections.

If you work on these 5 areas, it'll help you a lot in the long run.

🧐What else would you like to add?

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Shakur Abdulle

MashAllah thanks for tip!!! brah

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Janet Miranda

Great reads! These are useful tips for beginners who wants to build a career as a software engineer. Just wanted to add this reference, for those who want to know what would be the career of computer software engineer would be like. ciit.edu.ph/computer-software-engi... Thank you!