How Time Zones WRECKED Me! - Dev Leader Weekly 68
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Weekly Recap
3 Things That CATAPULTED My Software Engineering Journey
Reflecting on our journeys isn’t always about learning from failures…
Sometimes things actually worked REALLY well!
In this video, I wanted to share three things that I think worked really well for me in my software engineering journey.
Remember: everyone will have their own journey. Just because these worked well for me doesn’t mean that you need to mirror them.
Datetime Made Easy with This ONE C# Dapper Trick!
DateTime, DateTimeOffset, and… well, ANYTHING with dates, times, and time zones can be a huge pain in the butt in DotNet.
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DateTimeOffset has made some of this stuff feel much better in our applications because it can carry around with it the time zone offset along with the DateTime itself. Awesome!
But have you found in your applications that you’re writing UTC DateTimes to databases and then reading those DateTimes back?
If you’re not careful, you’ll lose the implicit UTC time zone information. But there’s a handy trick we can use with Dapper as we’ll see in this tutorial!
3 Tips For Better Performance Reviews – Microsoft Connects
Like clockwork, twice a year within Microsoft 365 we fill out these documents called ”Connects”.
There are mixed feelings around connects because it’s ”just more paperwork” — but it’s truly SO much more than that.
The reality is, if you put effort into writing your Connect then it can really do wonders to document your career progress AND get you effectively progressing in the time to follow.
In this video, I include three tips AND two bonuses at the end for being able to write your Connect effectively.
As always, thanks so much for your support! I hope you enjoyed this issue, and I’ll see you next week.
Nick “Dev Leader” Cosentino
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