Why Zuzana swapped a big bank for a fintech
Ten years in core banking, then a move to a fast-growing fintech as a Site Reliability Engineer. Zuzana on the culture shock, the salary talk and what she’d do again.
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Notes on tech careers, hiring and new chapters.
Thoughts from someone who spent ten years building banking platforms and now helps engineers find their next role.
From server room to cloud platform: a conversation with Adam
Adam spent eight years looking after on-prem servers. Today he builds the cloud platform for a bank’s payment teams. We talked about how he made the jump.
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What banks actually look for in Cloud & DevOps engineers
It’s not the number of certifications. After years on the inside, these are the six things that really decide whether an engineer gets the offer.
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Kubernetes on a CV vs. Kubernetes in production
Almost every DevOps CV lists Kubernetes. Here’s how I find out, in one conversation, who has actually kept it running at 3 a.m.
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Dreams don’t have an expiry date
A few years ago, this car was just a picture I’d look at and think “someday…” But this post isn’t really about the car.
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