How to start working in IT for those over 30?
In our 30s or 40s, some of us find it difficult to change careers for various reasons. Despite the fact that the IT field attracts more and more people every year, many still do not dare to change their direction of activity. Some are afraid of losing their usual and stable job, while others believe that they will not be able to compete with young people. How to start working in the IT industry when you are no longer a student? Voronezh programmers Andrey Starinin, Sergey Pushkin and Andrey Ivanov tried to find the answer to this and other pressing questions during a recent joint stream.
How to correctly answer tricky questions during an interview
Accurate answers to questions related to theory and professional skills do not always provide a 100% guarantee that you will be hired. Especially if there are several other juniors in line for an interview with you who have approximately the same level of knowledge. Perhaps the employer's final decision will be influenced by an assessment of your soft skills and salary expectations. Business coach Olga Lavrinenko dedicated a video to how to correctly answer tricky questions related to salary, and how to generally make the right impression during an interview. We hope that each of you will find this story very useful in your future careers.
Java | Calling a Method with Method Handles and Reflection
Want to know how Method Handles work in Java? If you are interested in this issue, then the author of the video will show from personal experience how to use an executable link to create a low-level mechanism for searching, adapting and calling methods. The video also compares Method Handles and Reflection in terms of performance and other metrics. It turned out that each of these two mechanisms has its own pros and cons. For example, Method Handles, while having high execution speed, is more difficult to use due to the inability to obtain class methods, check access tokens, etc.
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