Elisabeth

writing about life as a software developer in Germany and Argentina

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

8km long run today and I feel amazing. When I first started running, I felt terrible for 2-3 days after every run, very tired and lethargic. Now that I am feeling better after workouts I am also able to be more consistent which translate into faster progress. ❤️

#run #longrun

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

Going from somebody who sits in front of the computer all day to somebody who gets outside and runs 2-3 a week was more challenging than I thought. In the beginning, I ran without a watch to not let any numbers stress me out and therefore hinder my progress.

#running #beginner

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

@markster76 just a training run.. have been trianing for some time and wanted to know whether I could do it.

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

Ran 5k in 40 minutes today. Internet will say, this is a terrible time. For me, it's the best I ever ran in my life. Therefore, I am terriby proud of myself and I am looking forward to continue improving.

#running #5k #personalbest

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

So there is this piece of advice that boredom can increase creativity. Therefore, I am counting on a huge creativity boost from todays visit at the hardware store where I had the pleasure to watch my husband getting exited about different screws for more than one hour.

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

why would you pay special attention to the maintainability of your codebase? For the same reason you tidy and clean your apartment. You need to find and reutilize things. If everything's a mess, your day and mind wil be a mess. What happens to the team if the codebase is messy?

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

I couldn't catch a lot of sleep last night, so today I had a hard time focussing and was distracted and tired. Until I started peer programming with someone on my team - that was such a productivity boost and I learned a lot. Will repeat next time.

#software #productivity

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

In HH for the day. I still think German trains are pretty awesome compared to the argentinian logistics nightmare. You really get a refund when your train is delayed! I was shocked the first time I got one, I expected some "sorry, but we cannot pay you back"
#germany #trains #db

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

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[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

1. an interview with HR to get to know you:
The usual questions are asked here: Why do you want to switch jobs, what's your tech stack. Interviewers in Germany also take their time to talk about the company and the open position.

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

All in all, I didn't find the interview process to be very hard, but it takes patience to go through all the stages, since you have to calculate 1-2 weeks between each interview.
Does your experience differ? Let me know in the answers!

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

What does the Interview Process with German Software Companies normally look like? These are the 3-5 most typical stages:

#Germany #Software #interview #jobs

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

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[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

Are perfectionistic thoughts ruining your day to day because you have unrealistic expectations for yourself? One trick I learned from Dr. Benjamin Hardy to get better:
#perfectionism #coding #drbenjaminhardy #anxiety #programmerlife

[Elisabeth @FrontendDevEli]

Dr. Benjamin Hardy wrote a whole book about this, called the Gap and the Gain. It's great and helped me a lot.
What's your strategy to battle perfectionism?