Recently, I’ve been doing some thinking about some of the fundamental design concepts I’ve learned as a software engineer. In what follows, I want to share some of my thoughts about two particular design architectures. I want to voice some of the things that I’ve been thinking about in relation to these architectures, discussing what…

I’ve been thinking back on my experience so far as a software engineer, and it dawned on me recently that I now have two years of full-time software engineering experience. That seemed like something that was impossible only a few years ago. It also dawned on me that I haven’t paused much along the way…

Over the last six months, I’ve had the chance to begin working as a professional software engineer. I was an intern at Tanium this summer, and now am working full-time as a junior software engineer at ARA. There have been many lessons that have stood out to me since entering the tech industry. Here are…

Over the past few months, I have finally been able to dip my toes into the world of software engineering. My first real tech job was as a software engineering intern at a cybersecurity company, called Tanium. The job lasted for 10 weeks during the summer. Following this, after about six weeks of job searching,…

My journey into the world of computer science and software engineering began around the age of nineteen. At the time, I was attending university and was unsure of what I wanted to do. I lacked direction. I hadn’t really chosen a major yet, and no career really captured my interested. I felt this way until…

Throughout my time as a computer science major at Oregon State University, I’ve had a number of thoughts about technology and – more to the point – my role within the technology industry. Thought #1 I’ve been reminded through conversations this week that getting into tech is only the very beginning of a very long…

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