Tim Buchalka

In the last few months I've published well over a hundred blog posts on this website answering some of your biggest questions relating to pr

Today I wanna to talk about something interesting and potentially, it could be negative because I'm gonna focus on something that, if you fo

In this blog post, I wanna talk about the various offerings made by different JDK vendors.

The JDK or the Java Development Kit comes in many different versions. Usually if you're installing software, the general rule is just to gra

There's another important skill you need to have, you need to possess, you need to get if you want to succeed as a programmer. Let's get stu

Today, I wanna talk about one of the most important skills you need to have to succeed as a programmer. I've talked about this before, but i

This topic has been requested by a number of people who've left comments about this topic on numerous videos on this channel so I finally go

Today I want to discuss various programming roles. We're talking about junior developers, developer, senior developer, and a team leader. So

Have you noticed that in movies, a programmer will often be cast as someone who is lacking in social skills or hasn't got many social skills

Today I want to talk about best practices when it comes to coding or coding conventions in general. What are they and why are they important

As a junior developer, what could you typically expect to work on? Let's talk about that today.

Programming interviews, they suck, let's face it. Well none of us are really happy, I'm sure, in getting interviewed. We wanna get past that

When you're learning to program, is it useful to learn more than one programming language at the same time, or in fact is that a good idea?

In today's post, I want to talk about a problem that people who's starting in a new programming job can encounter, tips about it, discuss th

What I've found in life is you tend to get what you focus on most of the time, so I wanna talk about that in conjunction with goal setting a

Sometimes when you're applying for a job and you've read through the position description - and that's a document usually created by the emp

Today I wanna talk about something called Impostor Syndrome. Now this is a condition that does affect people in the industry and it's not ju

Does a modern programmer really need to understand the computer hardware and how it interacts with software? Let's talk about that today.

Is it reasonable to expect to pay nothing for a programming course? Either by getting a free coupon or by, perhaps, pirating the course? Let

Algorithms, or more specifically computer algorithms: what are they and why are they of interest to you? Why would they be useful to you in