https://nearbycoder.com/topics/career/Published stories about career.en-usAI changed the tools, not the trait that matters most. Curious engineers still have the edge.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/the-curious-engineer-wins-in-the-age-of-ai/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/the-curious-engineer-wins-in-the-age-of-ai/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTI used AI heavily in a technical interview, felt great about the build, and still got rejected because the team could not gauge enough of my understanding.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/when-ai-in-an-interview-fails-you/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/when-ai-in-an-interview-fails-you/Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding TripHaven in about six hours made one thing clear: interviews should test end-to-end product replication and engineering judgment, not isolated feature trivia.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/the-6-hour-build-and-why-technical-interviewing-needs-to-change/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/the-6-hour-build-and-why-technical-interviewing-needs-to-change/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTI walked out of my first technical interview feeling off, and it forced me to rethink interview formats, AI, and pressure.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/my-first-technical-interview-in-the-ai-era/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/my-first-technical-interview-in-the-ai-era/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTMy take on why so many engineers feel the pressure, but few of us say it out loud.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/what-engineers-are-feeling-right-now/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/what-engineers-are-feeling-right-now/Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTA reminder from the job search season: stepping back for a weekend can be the exact thing that helps you push harder on Monday.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/weekend-reset-rest-is-part-of-the-grind/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/weekend-reset-rest-is-part-of-the-grind/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy I finally built llink.space as a link-in-bio home base after putting it off for years.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/launching-llink-space/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/launching-llink-space/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy I created imposter.fm as a podcast host to talk through what engineering feels like in the AI era while navigating layoff uncertainty.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/launching-imposter-fm/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/launching-imposter-fm/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTA practical workflow for using `.git` with Claude or Codex to turn shipped commits into accurate, role-tailored resume bullets.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/use-your-git-history-to-write-a-better-resume/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/use-your-git-history-to-write-a-better-resume/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTFour days after sending 14+ job applications, I woke up in a cold sweat and opened my first rejection email.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/cold-sweat-first-rejection-after-14-applications/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/cold-sweat-first-rejection-after-14-applications/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTLosing my role at Token Terminal forced me to confront how quickly this industry is changing and what resilience looks like now.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/laid-off-from-token-terminal-and-what-it-revealed/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/laid-off-from-token-terminal-and-what-it-revealed/Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe uneven emotional math of shipping faster with AI while feeling less attached to the work.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/productivity-is-high-but-motivation-is-low/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/productivity-is-high-but-motivation-is-low/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow my day-to-day shifted from mostly typing to mostly prompting, and what that unlocked.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/ai-has-changed-the-way-i-code/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/ai-has-changed-the-way-i-code/Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTPair programming is a side hobby that I have found to help me branch out and learn from local developers in my community. I strongly suggest going for it if you can fit it into your schedule.https://nearbycoder.com/articles/how-to-start-a-pair-programming-routine-copy/https://nearbycoder.com/articles/how-to-start-a-pair-programming-routine-copy/Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT