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Jan 4, 2021

open letter to university recruiters

Hi, University Recruiter! 👋 We probably haven’t met before. I’m Alexa. I’m a fourth-year computer science student at Carleton University, currently interning at Cash App as a software engineer. I was recently invited to speak about the student’s experience with online recruitment at the URx Leaders Summit, and it got…

Recruiting

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open letter to university recruiters
open letter to university recruiters

Dec 25, 2020

keys to improving your skills in tech

Getting your first “real world” software development job is hard. You are probably in school for computer science (or related) because you want to work as a software developer, but somehow being in school alone is not enough to land a technical internship. …

Software Development

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keys to improving your skills in tech
keys to improving your skills in tech

Jun 1, 2020

better code with bottles of beer

When talking about writing good code, the first words which come to mind are “data structures and algorithms”. Next comes a strong foundation in object-oriented programming, as taught in any introductory software engineering course. But what actually constitutes good code? How can you identify it, quantify it, and compare it…

Software Development

6 min read

better code with bottles of beer
better code with bottles of beer

Apr 27, 2020

succeeding as a remote intern at shopify (and what makes shopify so great)

I didn’t originally plan on working this winter; I was in the middle of my internship at Square last fall when I received my offer for Shopify’s winter 2020 internship. …

Internships

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succeeding as a remote intern at shopify (and what makes shopify so great)
succeeding as a remote intern at shopify (and what makes shopify so great)
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