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[Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/413-promotion-interview-questions-how-to-answer-and-get-the-job) ## Stop Wasting Time: How to Lead a Stand-Up Meeting & Get Results **By:** Eli McGarvie **Published:** April 12, 2024 We all know the feeling: your stand-up meeting starts… and the energy in the room slowly deflates. Eyes glaze over, minds wander. Maybe you can even see their attention drop on smartphones or laptops.Within minutes or even seconds, instead of a quick update, your stand-up meeting's turned into a ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/414-stop-wasting-time-how-to-lead-a-stand-up-meeting-get-results) ## 7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers **By:** Luis Minvielle **Published:** April 11, 2024 The demand for cloud processing power is not slowing down. With SaaS spending projected to grow—for a second year in a row—by 17% in 2024, the cloud sector will keep growing and is likely to offer plenty of job opportunities for software engineers. As cloud computing rapidly expands, new technolo... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) ## Visual Studio Code Shortcuts for Cleaning Up Your Code **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** April 9, 2024 IntroductionEvery developer knows the stress of working with poorly maintained code with untidy files, unused imports, no comments to speak of. The pressure of working quickly can mean code becomes bloated, hard-to-read and filled with bad practices, if we're not careful and disciplined in our ap... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/410-visual-studio-code-shortcuts-for-cleaning-up-your-code) ## Dev Digest 110 - XY marks the spotty security **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** April 8, 2024 This time we give you a collection of links about the XZ backdoor, solve the last CODE100 puzzle, announce the next round of it, let you play with colours and explain why Lava lamps are great to keep the web secure.News and ArticlesThe big piece of news last week was the wild security issue that ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/411-dev-digest-110-xy-marks-the-spotty-security) ## Tech Layoffs: What Happened & Who Was Most Affected **By:** Eli McGarvie **Published:** April 4, 2024 Over the last three years (2022-24), around 3,500 tech companies have laid off 666,000 employees. The worst year so far was 2023, which accounted for 65% of all the tech layoffs (428,836 people). Unfortunately, 2024 hasn’t been the year we all hoped it to be, while layoffs have eased somewhat – 8... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/409-tech-layoffs-what-happened-who-was-most-affected) ## Dev Digest 109 -Egg-citing things… **By:** Chris Heilmann **Published:** April 1, 2024 As we are heading into the Easter break, here are some things to spend some time on. There's resources on improving the performance of your code and you hear from the winners of CODE100 Amsterdam what it was like to be on stage. Also, hang tight as the next edition of CODE100 is coming real soon ... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/408-dev-digest-109-egg-citing-things) ## Dev Digest 108 - Git off my cloud! **Published:** March 25, 2024 Welcome to another edition of the WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest. This time we have an interview with Sead Ahmetovic, CEO of of WeAreDevelopers and Scott Chacon, co-Founder of GitHub. They talk about careers, early coding days, developer communities, evangelizing git, and how AI is shaping the future... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/407-dev-digest-108-git-off-my-cloud) ## Visual Studio Code Shortcuts for Navigating Your Code **By:** Daniel Cranney **Published:** March 21, 2024 As a project grows, it can quickly become difficult to manage. With a large number of files, functions, modules, dependencies and more, navigating between your project assets can be cumbersome and inefficient.While it might be tempting to simply accept it, or to think that this is just part of li... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/406-visual-studio-code-shortcuts-for-navigating-your-code) ## Dev Digest 107 - And the OSScar goes to… **Published:** March 17, 2024 Last Friday, I released the 107th edition of WeAreDevelopers DevDigest. It celebrated the 35th birthday of the World Wide Web, we had a video of me interviewing the founders of Daytona about going open source, we covered the news around Devin, the first AI software engineer and went to space in a... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/405-dev-digest-107-and-the-osscar-goes-to) ## How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?” **By:** Luis Minvielle **Published:** March 17, 2024 “Why do you want to be a software engineer?” This supposedly simple question is actually pretty substantial — nearly 40% of recruiters will not hire candidates who lack confidence in their responses, while approximately 76% are quick to dismiss those who sound overly arrogant. Providing a well-ro... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) ## Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs **By:** Luis Minvielle **Published:** March 17, 2024 The demand for software engineers is increasing. With projections pointing towards a global population of software developers reaching almost 30 million this year, it’s clear that this field is experiencing exponential growth. Europe houses around 6.1 million software developers, making up 22% of... [Read more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) [Next page](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine?page=30)