When I first heard Arnold Schwarzenegger say “I’m an obsolete design” in Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, I chuckled at the cinematic irony. Being in my late 30s now and with my own rusting skills to worry about, jokes about ageing careers no longer seem that funny. If you’re…

Clemens Dinkel was only 17 when the spiritual and the technical worlds first did battle within him. The son of a Christian Protestant pastor, a part of him wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and study theology at university; he had always been fascinated by the philosophical dimension of…

So you’ve just completed a university course, or a coding bootcamp, or a series of lessons on CodeCademy, and you’re ready to spread your wings as a web developer. You may be asking yourself, now what? The first year in the professional journey of a web developer is often among…

Sabrina Marano chased her dream from Sicily to Berlin, but the real turning point was learning about data As the world locked up and slowed down in the terrible year of 2020, Sabrina Marano sat in her Berlin apartment and watched her career fizzle out under her eyes. A graduate…

In the last fifteen years, the roles of UX Designer, UI Designer, and Product Designer have risen to prominence in the contemporary tech landscape, becoming among the most sought-after professions for both established companies and startups. What these jobs consist in is not always easily understood. They are not roles…

A recent survey of 604 companies in German tech confirmed that the demand for Data Scientists, Data Analysts, and other professionals with related qualifications is rising fast. The survey, conducted by the digital association Bitkom, is limited to the German tech scene. But it seems plausible that the patterns it…

The two most difficult things I have ever done in my life have been teaching myself JavaScript and finishing an Ultra Nightmare campaign in Doom Eternal. While I was initially certain these two endeavours would be as closely related to each other as Michelangelo’s David is to a Campechano taco…

Khader Khader has experienced both university and coding bootcamps, and here’s how they compare At some indefinite point in the spring of 2021, Khader Khader decided it was time to give up on trying to find a new job. A clerk at the Palestinian Mission in Berlin, Germany, Khader had…

To become a bad tech manager is a destiny, not a choice If I have not written your name in this article, it is not out of kindness. After all, I could not embarrass you any more than you will embarrass yourself, on the day when you begin to make…