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There are over 3 million apps available via Google Play Store alone and the revenue generated by these apps has reached unprecedented heights. It’s fair to say that the mobile app development space is booming, and startups are enjoying significant market share. Launching a tech startup can be as daunting as it is riveting, especially […]
You’re thinking of becoming a developer, but what can you expect after you’ve finished a coding bootcamp? We’ll give you the lowdown on the good and the ugly, the pros and the cons of programming. Read on to find out more. Becoming a Developer: The Pros 1. Salary Developers earn very good salaries. According to […]
Sitting at a desk, eyes glued to a screen, drinking cup after cup of coffee, heavy metal blaring from your headphones, eating junk food at your desk because you dare not tear your eyes away from the screen. Let’s be honest – this is how most devs are portrayed by the media. When we see […]
When your alarm went off this morning, you pressed the snooze button four times. You just couldn’t get moving. Eventually, you dragged yourself out of bed, downed two cups of coffee, sat in traffic for an hour and stumbled into the office. The cheerful hello’s of your colleagues made you want to scream and the […]
The allure of working as a Silicon Valley developer is universal. Every coder, from the newbie to the seasoned software architect, knows about Silicon Valley, the San Francisco technology hub. Home to the world’s leading tech companies (Apple, Google and Facebook) as well as plenty of start-ups, Silicon Valley is a dream destination for many […]
At first glance, web design and video game design appear to be two separate worlds. One is considered “serious business”, while the other is, well, “fun and games”. However, web designers and developers could learn some valuable lessons from electronic games creators and the storytelling techniques they employ to create a user experience. Some Background […]
Once you’re finished your bootcamp, you’ll want to land a job. Mark, 32, completed a Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp and found work with a small tech startup. He says: ‘I was advised to start networking before my bootcamp finished. This was excellent advice, because I already had three offers lined up before I’d finished […]
Once you’ve finished your coding bootcamp, you’ll be keen to find a job. The good news is that tech jobs are in high demand. According to a recent report from IT and networking company Cisco and market intelligence firm IDC, reported in Business Insider, the global economy by 2027 will have added more than five […]
Working remotely. It’s the dream right? Digital nomads fill their Instagram feeds with images that look something like this: a laptop strategically placed next to a cocktail against the background of an idyllic beachscape with white sand and blue water. Pop a good filter over that and they’ve captured everyone’s ideal picture of remote coding […]
A software architect is a software expert who provides overall direction to a development team. The software architect is able to take a complex system and break it down into a manageable model, by identifying important requirements and constraints. When teams are working on multiple development projects for multiple clients, it’s especially important to have […]
‘We’re in the age of the hacker,’ states the website HackerOne, a bug bounty platform that connects businesses with cyber security researchers (or bug bounty hunters). The reason is simple: there’s a massive rise in bug bounty programs at large companies like Facebook and Apple, explains Wired. So what exactly are bug bounty programs and […]
A few months back my father had $10 000 worth of Bitcoin stolen from his cyber wallet. How did this happen? Quite simply, he’d responded to an ‘official’ email that queried his account. No, he hadn’t sent any account details or divulged anything, but the simple act of responding to what was, in hindsight, a […]