Layer’s VP of Engineering’s three rules to rock distributed Thinking Outside the Cube is a series of posts that introduce unique insights from CTOs and other tech leaders at companies who have successfully implemented distributed models—a more thorough version of remote work—into their workforce policies. — Like many of its counterparts and competitors […]
In my first article, I talked about GraphQL types and relationships. This time, I’ll be focusing on queries, mutations and subscriptions. lI’ll also provide an overview of how variables are used. This is all necessary setup for the final piece in this series, where I’ll show you how to combine all this knowledge together to […]
There are many ways to embrace the #TIA spirit, and one of them is by doing a quick Q&A with our newest DIRs (Developers in Residence) who will be touching down today at JFK—Akinjide and Rehema! Since 2016, Andela’s Developers in Residence program has given select Developers from Lagos and Nairobi an opportunity to […]
This is a multi-part tutorial by Kingdom Orjiewuru, an Andela Developer based in Lagos. By the time you finish reading this article, you should have a clear understanding of GraphQL types and schema to the extent that you can create them yourself. And if you’re an absolute beginner, don’t fret—think of GraphQL schema as just […]
This is a multi-part guest tutorial post by Moyosore Sosan, an Andela developer based in Lagos. We will be looking at local functions, the concepts of closure and what decorators are, sounds like a lot? Then let’s dive into it. Local functions Probably most functions you are familiar with are either defined in […]
This is a three-part guest tutorial post by Johnson Ejezie, an Andela developer based in Lagos. iOS app: From scratch to app store Part 1 What we will be building We will be using the traktv api to build a movie and tv show app. We will be figuring out functionalities to add to our […]
Last year I advised that we all abandon “sure,” and I pledged to give 100% to my work at Andela. This year, after both struggle and triumph, I’m renewing that pledge. Why? Well, it’s not just because I believe in the mission, my team, and our chances to impact the future of tech work and […]
More and more devs are using React, a Facebook and community developed JavaScript library, to craft the kinds of data-heavy, auto-uploading web apps that are used for things like making live social streams populate and render seamlessly. Featuring a multitude of native-use advantages, its use has grown markedly over the past four years, finding favor […]
The Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing service from Google that offers a set of enterprise capabilities that leverages the same technologies that are used at Google. It provides a multitude of advantages, including instant scaling of any online solution and live migration of Virtual Machine functionality. In this Scotch.io tutorial, John Kariuki, […]
When we launched in Nigeria three years ago, there’s no way we could have predicted how much of a continent-wide phenomenon Andela would become. In that time, we’ve grown from a founding team of six to over 600 Andelans spanning three countries and two continents. Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our […]
Hoisting in JavaScript is a tricky technique, but when used correctly can be beneficial to your code. However, if misused it can turn a harmless looking declaration into a persistent issue. Hoisting is a mechanism where variables and function declarations are moved to the top of their scope before code execution. In this Scotch.io tutorial, Nairobi-based […]
This is a guest post by Andela Developer, Chimdindu Aneke. Three months ago, I was fortunate to join Andela as a program manager to lead the Android Learning Community (ALC). In partnership with Google and Udacity, Andela initiated a move to kickstart the journey of aspiring Nigerians into the world of Android mobile development. […]
If height were a direct indicator of coding abilities, Mbithe might find herself at a sharp disadvantage in the tech world. Luckily for us, it is not. Mbithe is a software developer based in Nairobi, Kenya and what she lacks in height, she makes up in intellect. She is one of our fiercest developers, specializing […]
At Andela, we consider ourselves pretty Excellent. We love to infuse Passion into our work. We approach our gigs with Integrity, and we leverage the amazing people that surround us through relentless Collaboration. In short, we’re a pretty EPIC company. These EPIC values are Andela’s core values—they guide our mission, illustrate our vision, and […]
DZone is planning to release a comprehensive report on the state of Java. Featuring insight from Java experts around the globe, the report will delve into the details of Java, contextualizing where it falls within the programming ecosystem—and where it’s headed. Among the Java brain trust tapped to provide expert opinions is Andela Developer […]
By Okonkwo Vincent Ikem At Andela, we have multiple internal apps built by the internal Engineering teams used to manage the internal process and to make us more efficient. As time passed, the number of apps increased and each app had to evolve alongside the passing of time to enable us to handle our growth. […]
This is a guest post by Andela Developer, Gertrude Nyenyeshi. “Teaching in the Internet age means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.” – Jennifer Fleming TeenCode Africa is an initiative started by Andela developers that introduces programming techniques to African teenagers. This is in a bid to accelerate the development of technology in Africa […]
TL;DR — If your company is or is planning on doing business in emerging markets, architecting your web applications for performance through progressive enhancements is one easy way to drastically improve accessibility, retention, and user experience. Disclaimer: It so happens that not only people in emerging markets suffer from poor networks. Towards the […]
If there is one thing most people can agree on, it’s that podcasts are awesome. We are excited to announce the launch of Building for the Next Billion, Andela’s podcast discussing the most prominent trends in software development with leading technologists from around the globe. This will serve as an unbiased platform for engineers to […]
Last month, Stack Overflow released its annual Developer Survey, which polled over 64,000 developers across the globe about their favorite technologies, coding habits and work preferences. One of the key highlights was a strong preference for distributed work. A majority of developers (64%) reported working remotely at least once day a month, and 11% reported […]
Andela Lagos has gotten its fair share of high profile visitors in the past year, starting with Captain Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) last summer, to the Grandfather of Extreme Programming, Kent Beck, and now 500 Startups’ group, Geeks On A Plane. It’s more than people sightseeing in Africa — it signifies a deeper movement of Silicon […]
Payoff, a 7 and a half-year-old financial wellness company that provides personal loans to pay off credit card debt, is one of our treasured partners. They’re also hot off a $67.4M funding round (congrats!) that closed earlier this year. They started working with two of our rockstar devs, Cent and Fiyin, in June 2015 to help accelerate their […]
Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional or ‘MVP’ award is a coveted honor given to a few thousand global technology experts across the world on an annual basis. The award is not only based on a technologist’s expertise in their respective category, but also by their contributions to the community through open source activity, and forum posts. […]
“What we find is that when these companies hire an Andela developer, their sales team grows and their marketing team grows.”
Last week we hosted a panel with our CEO and Co-Founder, Jeremy Johnson, Knotel’s Co-Founder and CEO, Amol Sarva, and PowerToFly’s Co-Founder and CEO, Milena Berry to discuss how to utilize diversity and talent, regardless of geographical location, in today’s global economy. Andela, Knotel and PowerToFly are actively working to make diverse talent more […]
Yesterday we hosted Keith Cowing, Director of Product Management at Flatiron Health, for a webinar on How to Become a Magnet for Product and Engineering Talent. Keith has a diverse background, having served as a business analyst at Goldman Sachs, CEO and Founder of Seamless Receipts, and a Product Manager at LinkedIn and Twitter […]
Earlier this year, we were honored to receive the 2016 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence from Secretary Kerry at the annual ACE ceremony on January 5th. It was a momentous occasion for us, and a true testament to the amazing work our developers are producing for our partners on a daily basis. Last week, […]
On January 21st, I flew from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC to pour into the streets with hundreds of thousands of women. It was exhilarating. I loved every second of it, every poster, every parent there with their children. I felt the strength in numbers that one can only feel out on the streets demonstrating […]
In case you missed it, Jeremy sat down with Harry Stebbings during a very special episode of Founders Friday to discuss fundraising, the future of work, and more. We’ve included an outline of the episode below, but be sure to listen to the full podcast audio here! In This Episode You Will Learn: 1.) […]
This past weekend, an Andela engineer from Nigeria named Celestine Omin made his first trip to the United States. He’s not what many in Silicon Valley think of when they imagine a stereotypical software engineer. Celestine — a tall, lanky 28-year-old Nigerian who just became a father — is a leading figure in the Lagos, […]
I know many people who think that you have to be excellent at something to be successful. I know some people that are successful simply because they are excellent at talking about themselves. Unfortunately, being good at something doesn’t make you successful, and being successful doesn’t make you good at something (although it can often […]
Each year Fast Company recognizes the companies putting in painstaking effort to advance their respective fields through new methods of design and innovation in their annual Most Innovative issue. This year, we are honored and excited to be named to that list of 2017’s Most Innovative Companies. Africa is the largest untapped talent pool in the world, […]
Outside of New York City and San Francisco, our largest market is Austin, TX. Not surprising considering the massive amount of technology growth the city has experienced over the last decade. With nine Andela developers visiting their Austin-based partners from Lagos, Nigeria, it only made sense to celebrate with drinks and a lively panel in […]
Designing for Human Transformation: Episode One A year and a half ago, we set out to design our world’s first immersive simulations program for software developers. We began by researching the elite simulations-based learning programs used by the special forces, surgeons, and astronauts. Today, we are innovating on the shoulders of giants. We are extending […]
A handover is the process of migrating resources and responsibility of a project from one team to another. It is one of the critical stages of any software development cycle. The way this process is carried out affects the project outcomes and therefore should be well planned and executed. Being software engineers, we spend […]
In 2017, Andela and Google piloted the Android Learning Community with a training program meant to empower the community by training participants in Android. Over 4,500 people applied within a 3-week period, and more than 2,500 completed an assessment of which 2,370 were selected to kick-off the program. The program combined Google’s community science, Andela’s […]
