☀️ The Tech Caffeine #25: This Week in Tech
How Node.js Works: A Look Behind The Scenes, How Correlated are the Web 2 and Web 3 Software Markets?, Know how your org works (or how to become a more effective engineer)
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🤔 How Node.js Works: A Look Behind The Scenes
To set the stage for this tutorial, we will start by learning a bit about NodeJS architecture, and I will represent this architecture in terms of node.js dependencies which are just a couple of libraries on which NodeJS depend on.
🧑🏻💻 Know how your org works (or how to become a more effective engineer)
This post aims to lay out some of the problems engineers might often encounter and some food for thought on how to be more effective working within the limitations and constraints of organizations.
🧑🏻💼 Five takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech
I have recently signed with a new place. Before I talk about the new challenges ahead, I want to share five things I learned during this process. While bits and pieces are applicable for any tech role, this article explicitly focuses on senior leadership roles, which were what I was looking for. I define these roles as executive roles for small companies (I would say fewer than 50 engineers) or Vice President of Engineering and above for mid-sized (say 50-500 engineers), or Director and above for larger organizations (500+).
👨🏻🏫 What I Learned From The Modern Data Stack Conference 2021
Back in September 2021, I attended the second annual Modern Data Stack Conference, Fivetran’s community-focused event that brings together hundreds of data analysts, data engineers, and data leaders to share the impact and experiences of next-generation analytics. The presenters shared the transformations they experienced with their analytics teams, the new insights and tooling they enabled, and the best practices they employ to drive insights across their organizations.
In this long-form blog recap, I will dissect content from 14 sessions that I found most useful from the conference. These talks are broken down into 4 categories tailored to 4 personas: data engineers, data analysts, product managers, and data team leads. Let’s dive in!
💹 How Correlated are the Web 2 and Web 3 Software Markets?
Beyond the most recent cycle, how often do the web2 and web3 software markets move in synchrony? After all, Web3 is a future incarnation of software and infrastructure. Like high-growth startups, crypto coins are considered risk assets by the market. Is historical data compelling enough to hypothesize that investors' rotation out of high-growth software should be mirrored in crypto?
