Weekly Recap - 2025-07-11
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Weekly Recap
Take The Money, Wait For The Promo, Or... Ask For MORE?
A viewer wrote into ask about a situation they've stumbled upon... Given an interview opportunity where the job pays WAY more, should they go for it or stay where they're at?
The catch? They'd be taking a step back in level.
Irrelevant Work Experience is Wrecking Your Resume! (do this instead)
A junior developer sent in their resume for review, and they did an excellent job making sure they included all of their work experience. But... Is it relevant?
How can we transform unrelated work experience into a goldmine?
Why You're STUCK at Senior Software Engineer - Engineering Manager AMA
What does it take to go from senior software engineer to the next level? Are you stuck because of your skill level, or is there something else that's holding you back? Let's discuss what expectations look like when you move beyond senior level.
As with all livestreams, I'm looking forward to answering YOUR questions! So join me live and ask in the chat, or you can comment now and I can try to get it answered while I stream.
How to Mentor Mid-Level Engineers: They Don't Even Need My Help!
From the ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wrote to ask for some perspective on how to help mentor mid-level engineers who are already doing a solid job. What should they help with? What kind of impact can they have?
Write Better C# Tests with xUnit V3 and Microsoft Testing Platform
xUnit v3 is packed with awesome features and takes full advantage of Microsoft Testing Platform. If you're like me... you didn't even know it was coming out (even though you use xUnit every day).
Check out what's new in v3 of xUnit for you to enhance your C# tests!
How do I become a better software developer OUTSIDE of work?
From the ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wrote to ask how to build up skills and abilities outside of work. I have my own bias here, but in this video I share several ideas for things you can do to drive improvements.
You Won't Believe How Easy it is to Switch from xUnit v2 to v3
xUnit v3 is awesome in that it takes advantage of Microsoft Testing Platform. But you're stuck on v2 and need to migrate?
NO SWEAT! It couldn't be easier... AND you can even drop some extra nuget packages when you do it.
How do I hire a product manager as a software engineer?
From the ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wrote to ask about hiring a product manager to help with their team -- even though they're a software engineer. Here are my thoughts on this!
We Need To Talk About The Tech Layoffs
This topic was inspired by a viewer who wanted to check in about my time at Microsoft -- Are the layoffs having any impact on my outlook at Microsoft?
A Beginner's Guide to TUnit and Microsoft Testing Platform
Many of us dotnet developers grew up on xUnit as *the* way to write our tests -- but it turns out there ARE other platforms that we can use. In this video, I'll go through the basics of TUnit and what you can expect to use with this testing framework!
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