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Sat 04 November 2017

First Month as a Professional Developer

Posted by Aly Sivji in Thoughts   

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley

I started a new job as a Mathematician / Software Engineer at a Chicago-based healthcare startup in October. It's my first proper development job and I could not be more excited.

I get paid to write code. It's pretty awesome …

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Sat 07 October 2017

Terminal Tricks: Directory Bookmarks

Posted by Aly Sivji in Quick Hits   

Even though my development folders are well organized, I still have to feel my way around the filesystem when I'm looking for a project directory. It's like trying to find a lightswitch in a dark room: a cd here, an ls there, maybe a find when I'm stuck.

I always …

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