Hi, I’m John Arundel, programming mentor and author of various books on software engineering and tech careers. I’ve been writing software for about 40 years, and I think I’m starting to figure out how to do it.
I’ve trained developers and teams at Google, VMware, GitHub, HashiCorp, Pivotal, Gruntwork, Nginx, JPMorgan Chase, Facebook, Elastic, Grafana Labs, GoCardless, Cisco, Pythian, Intuit, and dozens of other successful companies (maybe yours, too).
Read on to find out more about my books, mentoring, training, and other offerings.
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How do cryptocurrencies actually work, though? Join Alice and Bob as they embark on designing a new digital ledger for secure “Bobcoin” transactions.
The night is dark and full of errors—and durable Rust software is not only ready for them, but handles them sensibly. Let’s see how, by returning to our line-counter project.
Meditation is easy when you know what to do: absolutely nothing! It's hard at first, like trying to look at the back of your own head, but there's a knack to it.
The secret of being a great coder is to write terrible code. Wait, wait. Hear me out: I’m going somewhere with this.
Thou shalt not suffer a flaky test to live, because it’s annoying, counterproductive, and dangerous: one day it might fail for real, and you won’t notice. Here’s what to do.
Leaving a job is never easy, and it’s a consequential decision. But when it’s time, it’s time. Here’s how to escape the comfort trap, and take the next step in your career.