Now in its 11th year, ffconf is one of the biggest events in the conference calendar for web developers across the UK. Yet somehow I’ve managed to miss every one since I got into tech, because of some reason or another - last year I was at the week-long blockchain sales pitch that is Web Summit - so I was understandably very excited to finally be going.
In an attempt to dispel the idea that if you have to google stuff you're not a proper engineer, this is a list of nearly everything I googled in a week at work, where I'm a software engineer with several years' experience.
Tech job interviews are often different flavours of the same thing, regardless of where you apply. Interviewers are likely to ask you questions about your experiences, perhaps a hypothetical question about what you might do in a certain situation, or delve into some of the how-it-works stuff under the hood of whatever programming language you'll be using. However, there's one question that you can *guarantee* will come up: 'Do you have any questions for us?'
When you're talking about what you're working on, do you ever stop to think about what you're saying and whether the person you're talking to can actually understand it?
Preparing for my first ever conference talk in 2018, I compiled a list of helpful tips from experienced speakers, and thought I'd share them with the world.