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Omotola Shogunle

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Graduate Software Engineer, currently learning something new, giving back to the tech community, and curating content that improves @mycodinghabits one challenge at a time.

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Is being a Tech Generalist bad for your career?

May 7, 2021 2 min read 3 views

The simplest way of understanding the difference between a Generalist and a Specialist is, a Generalist is often referred to as a Jack-of-all-trades, while a Specialist is known as The master of one. Most people push for specialism over generalism...

Techie Jargon - Browse Technical Terms for Definition

Feb 27, 2021 7 min read 205 views

In tech, there are a lot of terms/technical jargon that are thrown around when explaining concepts or communicating between teams. For my AWS Amplify hackathon entry hosted by Hashnode, I built a web application that host a variety of technical terms...

6 ways to improve your coding style

Jan 26, 2021 6 min read 502 views

This is a beginner-friendly guide on how to improve your coding style when programming. Writing code becomes very different when you do it with a team, your tech lead might have valid opinions to why you should write your code a certain way, your com...

Coding Stereotypes we should leave in 2020!

Jan 4, 2021 6 min read 245 views

Happy new year 🥳 ! Starting the new year with a list of things we should leave out of 2021 please? Thank you. 1. Technical people have a certain look 🥴? The Technical industry has one of the lowest bar to entry, which means now more than ever we h...

7 steps to contributing to code you didn't write

Nov 10, 2020 4 min read 320 views

1. Test it out How does the software currently work? Especially around the area where you would like to fix or add to. It helps to get an idea of how it works or how its meant to work before diving in. 2. Adding or Removing Code? Try and understand ...

5 facts worth knowing: Starting a career in tech.

Oct 27, 2020 8 min read 248 views

I just recently started my graduate role 🥳 at Ampersand UK and it's been amazing, (PS. That is why I have been MIA from blogging) however, prior to that I was involved in a few extracurricular activities before starting my job. Today I want to talk...