Trucking Hub

In my role as a startup CTO, I'm focused on the following:

- Built a company development department from the ground up.
- Setting up a local office in Belgrade.
- Growing engineering team from 0 to 10+ exceptional talents.
- Owner of the technology vision and roadmap.
- Driving collaboration with external partners.
- Laying the foundations of scaling the technical platform and scaling the teams.
- Establishing and executing technology strategy for delivering the most possible outcome for our customers.
- Growing a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with the company values.
- Driving engineering excellence and ensuring teams are delivering high-quality results.
- Delivering the flagship product according to expectations.
- Ensuring the product roadmap is well thought out and feasible for each team.
- Understanding the teams’ impediments and removing them.
- Defining clear career (progression) paths.
- Regular 1:1 meetings.
- Helping people grow and progress in their careers.
- Regular, constructive performance feedback.
- Conducting performance and salary reviews.
- Ensuring that individuals are energized and motivated by their work.
- Organizing training management.
- Solution architecture.
- Introduction of DevOps mindset.
- Implementation of .NET/Azure solutions / PoCs.
- Administration of Azure/Azure DevOps.
- Definition of QA procedures.

Chief Technology Officer

Tech World With Milan

I help engineers, managers, and architects build great careers, products, and teams.

My articles have been viewed 300M+ times with 400K+ followers on various platforms, including LinkedIn, Twitter, Substack, and Medium.

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First Principles Consultancy

I provide coaching services for engineering leaders and engineers, including interviewing, management, organizational structure, leading teams, and career development.

In particular:

- Architecture consulting: I help companies design robust, cloud-based solutions that grow efficiently. I do audits, design reviews, and on-demand troubleshooting.

- Leadership & management coaching: I guide new and seasoned tech leaders in building and managing high-performing teams. I also coach on delegation, feedback culture, conflict resolution, and more.

- Team mentorship & training: I provide customized training sessions on coding best practices, engineering standards, DevOps, and Agile methods and mentor teams on personal growth and collaboration.

- Organizational design & culture: I advise on setting up engineering structures, processes, and a culture that fosters openness, innovation, and continuous learning.

- Product strategy: I collaborate with product teams to clarify priorities, set achievable milestones, and align tech choices with business goals.

 - Workshops & Masterclasses: I host events on topics such as “Transitioning from Engineer to Leader,” “Cloud Architecture Fundamentals,” “Building a Resilient Engineering Culture”, and more.

Also, I serve as a fractional CTO or tech advisor for select companies.

📩 DM me for more details.

Engineering Leadership Coach

3MD Studio

We partner with businesses to transform their ideas into scalable, high-quality software solutions. Combining your industry expertise with our technical know-how, we build reliable, efficient products while you focus on growing your business. 

My role is:
- Recruiting and working with a talent network
- Line management of 10+ employees, stakeholder, and vendor management
- Overseeing product and service offerings
- Delivery leadership & project management of mission-critical projects
- Managing and maintaining relationships with C-Level Management
- Ensuring that the quality of delivery of projects stays on a high level
- Troubleshooting and problem management to ensure the desired outcome
- Cultivating a strong company and leadership culture
- Ensuring compliance with industry regulations
- Software Architecture, Cloud & Consulting topics

Interim CEO

Zühlke Group

Worked on different projects with various clients, from small startups to large international and Big Tech companies.

Accomplishments:

- Completed responsibilities as a thought leader with expertise in Software and solution architecture, .NET, Azure, and Cloud.
- Acquired a thorough understanding of the ecosystems and fundamental guiding principles of software development.
- Supported the Zühlke Community and promoted a productive workplace where team members inspire one another. shared use cases, frequently ran technical training, and generated materials to support ongoing professional development.
- Increased social media traffic and digital exposure by attending conferences and writing articles for LinkedIn, blogs, magazines, and portals.
- Offered customized mentoring for team members, sharing important industry insights to produce deeper comprehension and considerably increase overall skill efficiency while taking on projects.

Worked on customer projects as a Software/Solution Architect and team lead in distributed teams with Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the UK, and Singapore. My responsibilities include:

- Creating the IT architectures for cutting-edge, ground-breaking software solutions and giving all clients high-level strategic advice.
- Cloud architecture (Azure).
- DevOps.
- Requirements engineering.
- Code reviews.
- Different roles in internal organization.
- Coaching less experienced colleagues/mentoring.
- Conducting technical interviews.

Customer projects:

- Advanced speech recognition engine (FAANG company): Speech-to-text recognition engine in the Cloud. Tech stack: SAFe, .NET, Azure, Azure DevOps, WCF, SQL Server.

Principal Consultant

Accomplishments:

- Built and led a group-wide Azure and AWS teams (CoP) for the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Singapore with 170+ people, enabling regular meetings and knowledge exchange.

- Built and led a local Cloud topic group (CoP) for Serbia, Bulgaria, and Portugal with 150+ people, certified 20+ people for Azure and AWS, set it up from the ground up, and created group-wide Azure and AWS teams with 170+ people.

My responsibilities included:
- Defining group mission and goals.
- Defining collaboration and communication channels.
- Organizing topic group events and internal organization.
- Sharing knowledge internally and externally.
- Defining tools to be used for communication and knowledge sharing.
- Engaging in regular communication with team members and others.
- Driving Cloud topic towards capability.
- Maintain relations with other cloud capabilities on the group level.
- Job profile definition with HR.
- Searching for the right people.
- Conducting technical interviews.

Group Cloud Capability Lead

Accomplishments:

- Recieved an overall score of 3.6/4 from peers.
- Got good feedback overall.

People management:
- Helping people grow and progress in their careers;
- Regular 1:1 meetings;
- Coaching and mentoring;
- Performance appraisal and feedback;
- Regular, constructive performance feedback
- Evaluations, defining goals, OKR & SMART Objectives;
- Mediation and conflict resolution;
- Defining job profiles;

Team Lead / Engineering Manager

Accomplishments:
- Led a team of developers from the Belgrade side in a distributed setup with Switzerland colleagues.
- Enabled successful project distribution for a major client.
- Led Thought Leadership initiative for ZRS.
- Given multiple talks/workshops on different topics (architecture, cloud, testing, clean code, mentoring, goals, etc.).

Worked on customer projects as part of a distributed .NET DEV team with Switzerland and Singaporean colleagues. My responsibilities included:
- Team architect.
- Team lead (Beg).
- Requirement engineering.
- Code reviews.
- Coaching/mentoring.
- Software/solution architecture, design, testing and implementation.
- Conducting technical interviews.

Customer projects:
- Integrated investment advisory platform for relationship managers of a private bank. Tech stack: Javascript/TypeScript, C#/.NET, SQL Server, Entity Framework, Stored procedures, AngularX, RxJS, ngrx, Log4net, Jobbr. The biggest account and project in Zuhlke Group: 50+ people, 1mil+ LOC.

Lead Software Architect

Worked on customer projects as part of a distributed .NET DEV team with Switzerland and Singaporean colleagues. My responsibilities included:
- Software architecture, design, testing, and implementation.
- Preparing bids for projects from the technical side.
- Conducting technical interviews.

Customer projects:
- Insurance Portal for Corporate Customers. Tech stack: C#, ASP.NET MVC/Core/Web-API, Entity Framework, IdentityServer3, SQL Server Integration Services, RavenDB, Kendo UI, TypeScript, LESS, TFS. (November 2017.-June 2018.). 600k+ LOC.
- GUI for Media Processing System. Tech stack: WPF, MVVM, C#, Feature-Based, FluentAPI, MVVMLight, ReFit, Aspose, SourceAFIS. (June 2018. - September 2018.)

Expert Software Engineer

I operated as an independent software development expert, architect, mentor, trainer, and programmer. 

As I have done in previous roles, I’m assisting my international clients in modernizing their software development. I am at my best working with projects and teams that need a boost in collaboration, performance, and technology. 

Some examples of my work include:

- As an agile coach, I turn around organizations from traditional ways of working to Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and continuous delivery. 
- As a career coach, I guide engineers, engineering managers, tech leads, etc.
- As a Fractional CTO, I implement new technologies in organizations, such as software architectures, modern modeling tooling, RESTful services, APIs, C#/.NET, functional programming, and Cloud technologies, such as Azure and Azure DevOps.
- As an architecture coach, I help organizations restructure unmaintainable legacy code bases to new, flexible, and tested software architectures.
- As a software architect, I create front-end and back-end frameworks and code using HTML5/CCS3, Bootstrap, Angular, C#, .NET, ASP.NET MVC, Xamarin, and WPF.
- As a mentor and teacher, I present seminars and (in-house) training courses on a variety of topics such as  Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Software Development, Software Architecture, Microservices, Continuous Delivery, Design Patterns, Domain-Driven Design, Modeling and UML, Clean Code, .NET, and Testing.

Independent Consultant, Owner

Electric Power Industry of Serbia

Accomplishments:

I led an organization of 40+ people who worked on the development of different software solutions by using Microsoft and Java-based, as well as some legacy tech stacks. Some of the applications we implemented are:

• Vehicle maintenance management system (Web - 100+ users).
• Procurement solution includes elements of the plan to implement procurement, contracts, etc. (Web - 500+ users).
• Project management team member for SAP ERP implementation, acting as an internal auditor (June 2014.  - December 2015.).
• Oracle UCM - document management system (support lead).

I was responsible for:
• Leading main software implementation projects.
• People management of 40+ people.
• Helping people grow and progress in their careers 
• Regular, constructive performance feedback
• Harmonising engineering processes, driving consistent standards and approaches throughout the team.
• Product development.
• Keeping the team updated with the latest software development technologies and methodologies.
• Coaching the team on agile software development best practices. 
• Developing short and long-term strategies for the team to meet the company's goals and objectives. Planning and monitoring the successful implementation of this strategy.
• Teaching and training software developers, organizing courses, etc.
• Overseeing internal product development.
• Supervising other software projects.
• Defining implementation times and deadlines (for development and support).
• Leading technical support.
• Defining new internal organizational structure.
• Internal staff recruiting.
• Planning and tracking procurements for a department.
• Management of the commission for the company's inventory of concessions, intellectual property, and software.
• I administered and configured the SQL Server 2008/2014 (backup, migrations, maintenance), Team Foundation Server, and Application Server (IIS).
• Management of company's internal portal and website.

Head of Engineering

Built and led a department from the ground up, hiring people, setting up processes, technology, etc.

Software architect and a team leader for software engineers developing ERP-based applications using .NET stack and also:

• Built a team of developers and business analysts from 0 to 10+ people.
• Defined standards, tools and processes that were used for solution development within company.
• Line management.
• Teaching and training software developers, organizing courses, etc.
• Design of the solutions architecture.
• Framework design.
• Product development management.
• Defining new internal organizational structure.
• Internal staff recruiting.
• Scrum Master.

Implemented projects by using .NET technology stack: 
• Materials management (Web - 400+ users)
• Asset management (Web - 300+ users)
• Invoicing (Web - 10+ users)

Head of Software Development Department

Senior software engineer and a team leader for following implemented projects (.NET stack):
• Storehouse calculation distributed application (Desktop), architecture and implementation (ASP.NET + C# + TFS + MS SQL Server).
• SQL Server Integration Services-based data migration from legacy system.
•  Administration and configuration of SQL Server 2008 (backup, migrations, maintenance), Team Foundation Server and IIS.
• Creation of procedures for data backup, programming style, user requirements form, etc.

Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader

Software developer for following projects (Java stack):
• Invoicing (Eclipse + EJB3 + Hibernate + Spring framework + Acegi Security + Struts 2 + JUnit 4 + JMock + JFreeChart + JasperReports + SVN + JIRA + Patterns).
• ArchiDoc Web Document Management System (Netbeans + EJB2 + Struts + JSP + JUnit 3 + Patterns).
• Other projects ( CMS for Web portal & CD presentation, E-commerce Web site implementation in PHP/MySQL,...) .
 • Teaching and training software developers, organizing courses, etc. Held Java course for 40 software developers (Basic, Advanced, Web, J2EE). Duration: one year.
 • Consultant for various Java projects.

Software Engineer

GOOD OLD AI Research Network

- I worked as a researcher during post-graduate studies in modeling and metamodeling, model transformations, rule languages, and business models. 

- Published 20+ papers in international conferences and journals and received awards for best papers. 

- Involved in international conferences and journals as an editorial board member, program chair, reviewer, and program committee member. 

- Cited 450+ times.

- Google Scholar h-index: 11.

- Member of ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, and GOAI Research group.

Researcher

Abell Soft

Implemented projects:
• E-Store application for on-line selling of books in PHP/MySQL. 
 • Complete code and design of a business packages FinanceBusiness for small and medium companies in Microsoft Visual C++, using MFC, Win32, PHP and MS Access (DAO, ODBC). 
 • Coded, designed and managed multiple web sites using HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, visual editors like Macromedia Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage so as other graphical tools. 
 • Active IT System consulting for large number of companies.

Junior Software Developer

Municipality of Lajkovac

System Administrator

Chief Roadblock Remover and Learning Enabler | Software Development Expert | Leadership & Career Coach | Speaker | Author | Building great products, building great teams!

🎯 I'm a result-driven 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 with 20 years of professional experience in different domains, including the 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼. 

🚀 My mission is to provide 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 focused on architecture, the best agile practices, passionately 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to deliver innovative, 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀, working closely with customers and developing software products on different platforms.

🎓 As a 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, I published 20+ papers and book chapters in international conferences and journals (having more than 440+ citations and h-index 11 on Google Scholar), obtaining 𝗣𝗵.𝗗. 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. Also, I have been involved as a 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿—member of ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, and GOAI Research group. 

🧑‍💼 I work as a professional 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 for people in engineering leadership positions.

✍🏻 Additionally, I am a 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿, who helps more than 400,000 engineers, managers, and architects to build great careers, products, and teams through various platforms and channels.

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲:

📌 Leadership
📌 Team building
📌 Making things efficient
📌 Creating self-contained systems
📌 Be highly organized and make others too
📌 Focus on strategy/goals
📌 Make things happen
📌 Career Coaching
📌 Mentoring
📌 Line management
📌 Effective client communication
📌 Software Architecture
📌 DevOps mindset
📌 Cloud (Azure)
📌 .NET/C# (ASP.NET/WPF)
📌 SQL Server/NoSQL
📌 Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
📌 Product/project management

📲 Feel free to contact me here via LinkedIn (DM)!

Dr Milan Milanović

LinkedIn today - everyone is a 25-year-old senior software architect

We have people with 0-1 year of experience who write about software engineering, architecture, and more.

They have yet to see or work with most of this stuff.

I started writing with 20 years of experience in roles ranging from software engineer to architect and consultant, 30+ projects, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Still, I was unsure if my writing would be valuable enough for readers.

When you start following someone, check their credibility outside LinkedIn and other social networks first. Do they have the credibility to talk about this? 

I know this because many people copied my work, style, and topics. The latter is harder to catch, but it is wrong. This is not the right address to follow if someone doesn't talk from their own experience.

LinkedIn is not real life! It is an abstraction, and it can be very elusive.

Chief Roadblock Remover and Learning Enabler | Helping 400K+ engineers and leaders grow through better software, teams & careers | Author | Speaker | Leadership & Career Coach

Don't worry. There will be a place for everyone.

Learn AI and use it as your leverage to improve your work.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

You can learn from experts by working with them or by reading their work. Books scale better.

Here are 30 books organized by what they'll help you master.

𝟭. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹:
🔹 The Pragmatic Programmer by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt
🔹 Modern Software Engineering by David Farley
🔹 Code Complete by Steve McConnell
🔹 Grokking Simplicity by Eric Normand
🔹 Software Engineering at Google by Titus Winters

𝟮. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀:
🔹 Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava
🔹 Algorithms by Sanjoy Dasgupta
🔹 The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
🔹 Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy by Narasimha Karumanchi
🔹 Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein

𝟯. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀:
🔹 Designing Distributed Systems by Brendan Burns
🔹 Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
🔹 Distributed Systems by Maarten van Steen and Andrew Tanenbaum
🔹 Distributed Algorithms by Nancy Lynch

𝟰. 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀:
🔹 Clean Code by Robert C. Martin
🔹 Design Patterns by Gang of Four
🔹 Refactoring by Martin Fowler
🔹 The Effective Engineer by Edmond Lau
🔹 The Pragmatic Programmer by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt

𝟱. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮:
🔹 Data Modeling Essentials by Graeme Simsion
🔹 Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu
🔹 Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley

𝟲. 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀:
🔹 The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim
🔹 Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble and David Farley
🔹 Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren
🔹 Effective DevOps by Jennifer Davis and Ryn Daniels

𝟳. 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴:
🔹 Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce
🔹 Unit Testing by Vladimir Khorikov
🔹 Unit Testing Principles, Practices, and Patterns by Vladimir Khorikov
🔹 Test Driven Development by Kent Beck
🔹 Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

𝟴. 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:
🔹 Software Architecture Patterns by Mark Richards
🔹 Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin
🔹 Software Architecture: The Hard Parts by Neal Ford and Mark Richards
🔹 Building Microservices by Sam Newman
🔹 Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans

𝟵. 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜:
🔹 The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book by Andriy Burkov
🔹 Designing Machine Learning Systems by Chip Huyen
🔹 AI Engineering by Chip Huyen

𝟭𝟬. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽:
🔹 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
🔹 Drive by Daniel Pink
🔹 The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
🔹 Radical Candor by Kim Scott

𝟭𝟭. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:
🔹 How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
🔹 Deep Work by Cal Newport
🔹 The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker

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Having access to smarter people is a blessing, not a threat

Early in my career, I used to feel uncomfortable when surrounded by people who knew more than me.

I worried it exposed my gaps.

But over the years, I’ve learned the opposite is true:
Being surrounded by smarter people is the fastest way to grow.

Here’s why:

𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗿.

You see new standards of thinking, execution, and leadership.

𝟮. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.

A single conversation can save you weeks of trial and error.

𝟯. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀.

When you watch someone solve problems you thought were “impossible,” your own ceiling shifts.

𝟰. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Growth requires admitting what you don’t know—and being willing to learn.

The real threat isn’t being the least experienced person in the room.
The real threat is staying in rooms where you’re the smartest.

So don’t shy away from people who outshine you.
Seek them out.
Learn from them.
And then, pass that knowledge on.

 👉 Who’s someone smarter than you who shaped your growth?

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿

We've all heard the saying, "Practice makes perfect." But when it comes to software engineering, the real growth happens outside of the 9-to-5 grind. 

You can become a good software engineer through daily work assignments and on-the-job experience. 

However, the path to true greatness lies in what you do after work hours.

The harsh reality is that workplace projects often involve constraints, deadlines, and compromises (read Scrum and Jira :). 

You may only sometimes have the luxury to explore cutting-edge technologies, experiment with novel approaches, or dive deep into complex problem-solving. 

This is where your projects and self-driven learning come into play.

After work, you can stretch your skills, explore new territories, and tackle challenges that challenge your curiosity. 

It's an opportunity to learn at your own pace, make mistakes without consequences, and push the boundaries.

So, if you aspire to become a great software engineer, don't limit your growth to the office walls. 

Dedicating time after work to personal projects, contributing to open-source initiatives, attending meetups or conferences, or playing with new languages or libraries is crucial.

Do you agree?

VENTENY INDONESIA

PT Venteny Fortuna Internasional Tbk is a digital platform that provides various services to empower businesses and enhance people’s quality of life.

Job descriptions and responsibilities:

Backend Architecture & Development:
* Designed and developed backend architecture for over 45 independent services.
* Refactored most legacy services to improve efficiency, maintainability, and scalability.
* Built new services from scratch, including third-party service integrations (payments, products, etc.).
* Collaborated with product and design teams to improve user experience and implement new features

API Design & Integration:
* Designed, developed, and optimized APIs for both internal and external use.
* Led all third-party API integrations, including payment gateways and product services.
* Ensured API security, efficiency, and scalability following best practices.

DevOps & CI/CD Management:(1 year before having devops team)
* Managed server infrastructure before the DevOps team was established, including server maintenance and performance optimization.
* Migrated and upgraded the self-hosted GitLab system to a newer version.
* Updated and maintained all CI/CD services to ensure efficient and reliable deployments.

Technical Leadership & Cross-Team Collaboration:
* Led a team of mobile and web engineers to ensure project success.
* Assisted the web team in optimizing features and provided guidance on WebView implementation.
* Contributed to key technology decisions for both web and mobile development.
* Code Review & Best Practices:
* Conducted code reviews to ensure clean code and best practices.
* Improved code quality and maintainability by implementing SOLID principles and appropriate design patterns.

Senior Software Engineer

Slash

Slash Digital Pte Ltd is a TECH POWERHOUSE to build mission-driven products people love. 
Slash Digital is also as Consultant IT.

I worked in Online Pajak (OP) , PT Achilles Advanced Systems as a client of Slash Digital.

OP is a company engaged in Tax Management for the Indonesian government as Tax Consultant.

Job descriptions and responsibilities:
*    Design, develop, improve, and deploy high quality code
*    Develop APIs for Backend services
*    Write supporting code for web applications or web sites.
*    Collaborate with Product Owner to develop end user needs.
*    Collaborate with Team Design develop application view.
*    Perform unit test for Backend Service.
*    Maintain understanding of current web technologies or programming practices through
     continuing education, reading, and share knowledge each week between member team.
*    Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for web architecture or technologies.
*    Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and  browser and 
      device types.

Full Stack Engineer

PT Total Cipta Persada

PT Total Cipta Persada (TCP) is Construction Management was known for the excellence in the Geo-Spatial Surveying industry in Indonesia. 

The department I'm involved with has become a separate company, namely PT. Global Multindo Cipta (GMC)

TCP have 2 Clients in Australia:
- SPD (Specialist Plumbing And Drainage), spdgroup.com.au
- KMAN Sofware, dashboard.remoteflow.app

KMAN is used to manage and handle all activities of SPD employees working in the field. 
KMAN's product is Remote Flow.

I worked as Backend Engineer for KMAN and as IT Manager and Backend for TCP internal.

Job descriptions and responsibilities:
*   Managing IT team (Internal)
*   Handling Applications for the Clients
*   Integrated API simprogroup.com (simPRO) for internal client needs , SPD 
*   API Architecture and API Design
*   Migrations method from monolith into Microservices
*   Design, develop, improve, and deploy high quality backend services and APIs 
*   Develop APIs that showcase our technology stack and enable third-party integrations 
*   Deploy Software in Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services
*   Develop API with serverless
*   Perform web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any web site or product revisions.
*   Write supporting code for web applications or web sites. 
*   Collaborate with management or users to develop end user needs.
*   Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for web architecture or technologies.
*   Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and browser and 
     device types

Software Engineering Manager

PT. INTERPRIMA NUSANTARA MANDIRI

PT Interprima Nusantara Mandiri (INM) is a Electronic Payment Provider that has collaborated with other companies in banking, systematic, switching and government sectors.

INM product is EPIPAY as Payment Point Online Bank ( PPOB ).

Job descriptions and responsibilities:
*   API Architecture And Design
*   Migrations method from monolith into Microservices
*   Design, develop, improve, and deploy high quality backend services and APIs 
*   Develop APIs that showcase our technology stack and enable third-party integrations Deploy Software 
     in GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
*   Perform web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any web site or product revisions.
*   Write supporting code for web applications or web sites.
*   Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these 
     strategies with web sites.
*   Develop or validate test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces 
    and address all browser and device types.
*   Maintain understanding of current web technologies or programming practices through continuing 
     education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
*   Document test plans, testing procedures, or test results.
*   Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for web architecture or technologies.
*   Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and browser and 
     device types.
*   Influencer and Instagram API

Back End Developer

RSU MItra Sejati Medan

RS MItra Sejati Medan is a Hospital Health Care Advanced Level BPJS Health in Medan

Story: Replacing old application with new application and new architecture (Microservices)

Note: this is a project base and application only available in the hospital.

Job descriptions and responsibilities:
*   Implementation of Microservices architecture
*   Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware and software, or  to 
     improve its performance.
*   Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and 
     documentation.
*   Design, build, or maintain web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, 
     management tools, and digital media.
*   Perform or direct web site updates.
*   Write, design, or edit web page content, or direct others producing content.
*   Create web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.

Secret Programming Solutions

Secret Programming Solutions (SeproSolutions) was a startup company engaged in Software House.

Job descriptions and responsibilities:
*   Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its 
     performance.
*   Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and 
     documentation.
*   Design, build, or maintain web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, 
     management tools, and digital media.
*   Perform or direct web site updates.
*   Write, design, or edit web page content, or direct others producing content.
*   Create web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.

Full Stack Developer

DPRD Deli Serdang

DPRD Deli Serdang or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah (DPRD) Kabupaten Deli Serdang is a regional government of  Indonesia.

Story: Building a Website Application, its called Ticket Pengaduan Masyarakat.

Note: this is a project base

Job descriptions and responsibilities:
*   Design, build, or maintain web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, 
     management tools, and digital media.
*   Write, design, or edit web page content, or direct others producing content. 
*   Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
*   Write supporting code for web applications or web sites.
*   Design and implement web site security measures such as firewalls or message encryption. 
*   Select programming languages, design tools, or applications.
*   Develop or implement procedures for ongoing web site revision. 
*   Develop and document style guidelines for web site content.
*   Develop web site maps, application models, image templates, or page templates that meet project 
     goals, user needs, or industry standards.

Freelance Web Developer

I am a Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience and have been working with NodeJS for over 7 years now.

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