Faisal Yakubu

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โ€œI've been in frontend engineering for 5+ years and failed more interviews than I care to admit....But let me tell you s...
07/28/2025

โ€œI've been in frontend engineering for 5+ years and failed more interviews than I care to admit....

But let me tell you something from my failures.

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ:
โ†ณ Understand JavaScript fundamentals deeply.
โ†ณ Know how algorithms and data structures work.
โ†ณ Can write clean, readable, and maintainable code.
โ†ณ Understand how databases and APIs function.
โ†ณ Know how to debug effectively and systematically.
โ†ณ Can work with version control and collaborate in teams.
โ†ณ Understand web performance and security basics.

You definitely do not need a bootcamp promising a guaranteed job in 12 weeks.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ:
โ†ณ Master the fundamentals (variables, functions, loops, objects).
โ†ณ Build real projects that solve actual problems.
โ†ณ Learn how to explain your code in interviews.
โ†ณ Focus on skills that hiring managers actually care about.
โ†ณ Learn to solve problems on a whiteboard
โ†ณ Master debugging, spend time intentionally breaking your code and fixing it. โ†ณ Contribute to 2-3 open source projects

The interviews I failed were never about not knowing the latest framework.

They were about not understanding how to think through problems.

๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ.โ€

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Mojisola Alegbe ( linkedin.com/in/mojisola-alegbe )
๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ.

07/25/2025

If youโ€™re not good at summarizing, some IT jobs will humble you real quick.
You can spend days or even weeks on a task, only for your supervisor to ask you to present it in just 3 to 5 minutes โ€” sometimes even 30 seconds to a minute.๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚

07/24/2025

A high school diploma (WASSCE equivalent) can open doors to many good job opportunities in Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€ฆ but in Ghana ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ, its main purpose seems to be just to determine whether you qualify to enter a university ๐Ÿ˜…. After that, itโ€™s almost like it disappears from your life completely.

โ€œThe most underrated skill in Software Engineering isn't technical.It's not about knowing multiple programming languages...
07/22/2025

โ€œThe most underrated skill in Software Engineering isn't technical.

It's not about knowing multiple programming languages.
It's not about solving complex algorithms.
It's not even about system design.

It's about knowing when to say "I don't know".

Junior engineers often feel pressured to have all the answers. They'll spend hours stuck on a problem, afraid to ask for help.

Senior engineers understand that saying "I don't know" is not a weakness.

It's an opportunity to learn from others. It's a way to avoid costly mistakes.

I learned this the hard way at Amazon.

Early in my career, I was too proud to ask for help. I once spent 2 days debugging an issue that my senior colleague solved in 15 minutes.

The goal isn't to know everything. The goal is to know how to find the answers when you need them.

Your expertise isn't measured by what you know. It's measured by how you handle what you don't know.โ€

~ Sahil Gaba,
Software Engineer @ Google

07/21/2025

No matter how confused you are in life, never start learning JavaScript and Java at the same time.
Thatโ€™s playing mental hide and seek with yourself. ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ

07/21/2025

For me to do PhD in Computer Science die3 Unless God personally guarantees me the position of Head of IT in Paradise , Iโ€™m not touching that stress! ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜‚

Number one for a reason ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿโค๏ธ
07/08/2025

Number one for a reason ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿโค๏ธ

07/02/2025

Honestly, Canadians are some of the kindest and most genuine people youโ€™ll ever meet. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโค๏ธ

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