Szymon
Ania
SzymonFirst things first, dark or light editor theme?
AniaDark
What's your favorite band or artist to listen to while coding?
Ooh this is hard, I don't think I have a favourite!
Favorite book and movie?
Book: Power of Now by Eckhart Tole, Movie: Battle Royale
Do you have a CS degree? If not, what's your background.
My background is in finance where I worked as a derivatives broker, and discovered my love for programming when I started my own e-commerce startup.
Best advice on the programming you ever got?
JavaScript is like riding a bike, one day something will just click, and it will be second nature to you.
What was your first portfolio project completed?
A game of Tetris is pure JavaScript , HTML and CSS.
The first project you got paid for?
A Community website.
What's your editor of choice?
VSCode
What's the hardest part of being a programmer?
At the moment for me it's predicting how long something will take to make/fix. I always think it will take less time than it does! Call me optimistic, ha.
What do you love the most about programming?
I love the creativity it gives you. Creating things out of thin air is what I love the most!
What's your definition of a good programmer?
A programmer that writes readable code, so that his fellow developers can benefit from it when working together on a project.
What language/framework are you most excited about?
At the moment it's React and TypeScript.
Any programming trend that you don't like?
I don't dislike anything, but at the moment I am not the biggest fan of testing in Jest, but perhaps I need to give it more time.