I’m excited to share that the Eclipse Foundation interviewed me about my role as a committer for the Eclipse Starter for Jakarta EE project. We discussed my journey in open source, the challenges and rewards of being a committer, and the importance of contributing to open source projects. The conversation touched upon my initial attraction … Read more
What coding and teamwork abilities should a junior developer possess to land a job? I’ve been posing this query to numerous well-known developers lately, and the responses are generally similar. While having technical skills (coding skills) is important, they all agree that it is not the only skill you need. You also need to work … Read more
Bazlur Rahman: There is a book called Outliers where Malcolm Gladwell mentioned that you have to spend 10 thousand hours on a subject to be an expert. That means you have to keep practicing for a long period of time to be an expert developer. The path seems not easy! Scott Wierschem: Actually, the assertion in that book was … Read more
Bazlur Rahman:Â From your previous answer, what I understand is, that working with legacy code is rather normal, a company grows, the project gets into shape, it pulls lots of customers, and gradually it becomes big. Naturally, the management will not want to invent the same wheels repeatedly; rather, it improves the original and adds new … Read more
Once you develop a successful software product, you have to maintain it for a long time. Maintaining software isn’t an easy task. If you don’t take good care while coding and then gradually improve it, your system is destined to rot. We certainly do not want that to happen. Today I have got an opportunity … Read more