Mensur Duraković

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Conquering the Digital FOMO

Conquering the Digital FOMO

Back in ancient Greece, a well-known philosopher named Heraclitus said something that still rings true today: "The only constant in life is change." Numerous software engineers find this statement deeply relatable. Imagine you're a software engineer. You've just gotten comfortable with a particular set

The Senior Engineer Illusion: What I Thought vs. What I Learned

The Senior Engineer Illusion: What I Thought vs. What I Learned

As a junior engineer, I had some wild ideas about senior engineers. I thought they were like coding superheroes - able to debug any issue, always knowing the next step, and walking tech encyclopedias. I used to think that leveling up your career to senior would grant you unlimited knowledge

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Productivity killers and boosters for software engineers

I have to admit that the first working week after the Christmas and New Year holidays is the hardest. You are rusty, slowly getting into shape for work, and less productive than usual. The first week after the holidays you feel like Gandalf: So, I decided to write something about