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Published in Level Up Coding

·6 days ago

Here Is An Expenses Template Using Google Sheets

Keep monthly expenses logged, organized and distributed accordingly — I, like most people, have expenses. Gross, I know. These expenses can come in the form of utilities, groceries, rent, and less-than-necessary indulgences, such as streaming services. I also live with my girlfriend who I split a lot of these with. Naturally, I decided to use a spreadsheet to be…

Google

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Here Is An Expenses Template Using Google Sheets
Here Is An Expenses Template Using Google Sheets

Published in Level Up Coding

·Aug 4

How to Use JavaScript With Google Sheets

Use a Google Apps Script for advanced functionality — This is a supplement to another post I am working on where I needed to add custom functionality to an expenses Google Sheet template I’m making. There are features I want to add that require me to incorporate a Google Apps Script sheet. In this post I’ll quickly what an…

Google

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How to Use JavaScript With Google Sheets
How to Use JavaScript With Google Sheets

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jul 28

How To Stay Ahead of the Competition as a Programmer

Tips for separating yourself and improving your presence — I recently answered another question on Quora where someone asked… “How can one stay ahead of the competition as an average programmer?” I decided to expand upon that answer in a blog post in case anybody wants a more thorough rundown of the major points I was making. Let’s jump…

Programming

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How To Stay Ahead of the Competition as a Programmer
How To Stay Ahead of the Competition as a Programmer

Published in Better Programming

·Jul 26

How to Make a Range Component With RC-Slider

It all started with a LinkedIn DM — TKpermission Recently, I was just minding my own business when someone messaged me on LinkedIn. Nemanja Jerinic reached out, saying he had seen an answer that I posted on Stack Overflow about how to update values on an Ant Design Slider dynamically. Nemanja was working on something similar with rc-slider…

Programming

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How to Make a Range Component With RC-Slider
How to Make a Range Component With RC-Slider

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jul 24

How To Replace Text with a Bash Script

Replace strings and special characters in lines and files — In this post, I will offer a solution as well as provide a few additional circumstances for how to use it. My hope is that this will provide a concise and direct solution for the initial case, as well as a few outliers. With that, let’s jump right into the…

Programming

4 min read

Bash Script To Replace Text
Bash Script To Replace Text

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jul 14

What Really Makes You A “Professional” Software Engineer

Years of experience? A degree? Or something else entirely? — I wrote a post on Quora a little while ago in response to a few users saying that you aren’t really a “professional” software engineer unless you meet their criteria. …

Code

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What Really Makes You A “Professional” Software Engineer
What Really Makes You A “Professional” Software Engineer

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jul 3

How Many Hours a Day Does It Take To Become A Software Engineer In A Year

And why a year is a conservative timeline — When I saw this question on Quora in Beginner Coder, I decided to give my two cents. Those two cents have been viewed over 1,500 times and have 18 upvotes¹ in one week, so I figured I’d expand on it as a blog post. …

Code

6 min read

How Many Hours a Day Does It Take To Become A Software Engineer In A Year
How Many Hours a Day Does It Take To Become A Software Engineer In A Year

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jul 3

How Much SQL Should A Web Developer Know

Should you learn it when first starting out? — This is another question I came across on Quora where my answer has gotten a significant amount of traffic. My original answer is here. Spoiler alert… You don’t REALLY have to know any. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to have and I feel like for personal development (no pun…

Code

3 min read

How Much SQL Should A Web Developer Know
How Much SQL Should A Web Developer Know

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jul 3

Are Website Builders “Killing” Web Developers?

The Future of Web Development — From An Ex-Web Developer — I guess I’m not technically an ex-web developer, as I still use and write React from time to time. I refer to myself as an “ex-web developer” because early in my career, I used to get paid to build websites. Now, I get paid to make web apps (as well…

Code

5 min read

Are Website Builders “Killing” Web Developers?
Are Website Builders “Killing” Web Developers?

Published in Level Up Coding

·Jun 21

How NOT to Recruit A Software Engineer Part II

Two LinkedIn Pitches; Two VERY Different Responses — If you’ve read any of my last few posts, including part one of this post, you already know the level of petty I am with haphazard tech recruiters. …

Linked In

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How NOT to Recruit A Software Engineer Part II
How NOT to Recruit A Software Engineer Part II
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