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How to Approach an Unfamiliar Coding Problem

A repeatable process for problems you have never seen: restate the task, pin down constraints, work examples by hand, start simple, then improve and test.

25 October 20267 min read

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Are Certifications Worth It for Software Engineers? Why Projects Matter More

Certificates show you finished a course; projects show you can decide, debug and ship. When certifications help, and how to build projects that count.

25 October 20265 min read
- projects
- learning
- portfolio
- students
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How to Prepare for Your First Software Engineering Internship

What to learn and build before you apply, how to get ready for day one, and how to work well during your first software engineering internship.

25 October 20265 min read
- internships
- students
- git
- interviews

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Thanush BD

Software engineer in Bengaluru working where software meets environmental engineering. At Ecologic Engineering I build audit, compliance, monitoring and water-treatment software — mostly backend: data models, APIs, pipelines and scheduled jobs.

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