We’re all under pressure with our work and personal lives taking their toll, and we need to manage the stress levels. Ignore this and you risk burning out. What is burnout? Mental health is something we must be aware of, but what is burnout? We spoke to Marcos Sponton, founder, and CEO of Yerbo – […]
Ruby on Rails is a great resource for building an app. Whether you’re a first time user of Ruby and are working on getting a new app running, or you’re a veteran of the Ruby platform, quickly creating an app (in 5 minutes or less) can be done using scaffolding. But what exactly is scaffolding? […]
The Great Resignation is at the forefront of discussion today, as talented employees who want to work on their own terms are quitting their jobs en masse and rejecting the idea of the once-traditional 9-to-5 office culture. Businesses are only as strong as their employees, and as a result of this latest trend, they are […]
The Series E financing values the global engineering network at $1.5 billion New York, USA – September 29, 2021. Andela, the global network for remote engineering talent, today announced $200 million in Series E financing that values the company at $1.5 billion. The round was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 with participation from new […]
In 2014, when we started Andela, the concept of remote work was well known in the engineering world, but rarely practiced. The perception was that in order to do collaborative work, you had to be around other people five days a week. Fast forward seven years and one viral catastrophe, it’s become obvious that not […]
Andela and Salesforce have partnered together to train and certify developers based within Africa in Salesforce technologies and connect them with amazing opportunities.
While burnout is a part and parcel of almost every trade, the tech industry is quite unique because of its fast-moving environment with high expectations on all corners.
Create using any language without a need to install dependencies within your environment In this article we will go through the procedure for developing your own isolated environment for app creation without installing specific app dependencies onto your computer. To run our ReactJS application, we will be using the program Docker. Prerequisites To work through […]
For this article, we are going to go through the process of creating an API that will let users both create and view events. In case you’re interested, you can find the final source code for this tutorial on GitHub. Steps to take before getting started To work through the tutorial, you need to have […]
In this blog post, I am going to walk you through how to create GitHub actions that will allow you to utilize MySQL/MariaDB as a testing base to automatically make and run unit tests. Much like the procedure for using Laravel for this type of project, Lumen can be used with only a few added […]
When most engineers are working on a front-end project that requires using a state container, their go-to option is Redux. While Redux is undeniably an excellent choice for organizing your states, I would recommend another library from the team that developed Redux that will make the utilization of Redux for your project even easier. Described […]
Learn how to use Jetpack Compose to make it easier and faster to build beautiful apps — with way less code — so you can spend more time bringing your app to life.
While burnout is a part and parcel of almost every trade, the tech industry is quite unique because of its fast-moving environment with high expectations on all corners.
As the Director of Salesforce Solutions at Andela, I’m focused on ensuring that the clients we work with are able to find and hire highly-skilled engineers with expertise in Salesforce products and services. With the recent acquisition of Slack, the demand for talented Salesforce engineers is higher than ever before. This acquisition presents a tremendous […]
On October 13th, experience the perfect pairing of wine, cheese, and roundtable insights. Join us for an exclusive virtual wine-tasting event as we learn about the tasting notes of Napa Valley wines, meet and greet other digital leaders, and raise a glass to our extraordinary client organizations. When: Wednesday, October 13th at 6:00 PM ET […]
Learn how to use Jetpack Compose to make it easier and faster to build beautiful apps — with way less code — so you can spend more time bringing your app to life.
As the Director of Talent Operations at Andela, I am passionate about staying up-to-date on hiring trends so I am best able to connect world-class engineers with exciting job opportunities. And there’s certainly no shortage of trends to keep track of. Demand for engineers continues to increase and shows no sign of slowing down anytime […]
Following its Global Expansion, the Community Continues to Expand its Reach Lagos, Nigeria. August 24, 2021. Andela, the global talent network that helps companies build remote engineering teams, today announced a new milestone for its developer learning community. Andela Learning Community (ALC) has now surpassed 100,000 learners. Andela’s Learning Community (ALC) was launched in 2017 […]
For this blog tutorial we will be going through the steps of uploading several images in one export package using Node.js, Express.js, and Cloudinary. This article does assume that you already have working knowledge with Node.js and Javascript, so we will not discuss the concept of persisting data in a database. You will need to […]
Join us at Money 20/20 from October 24 – 27 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stop by our booth to discover how we can help you find the global talent that will make sure you deliver the innovation the fintech industry is known for! This premier fintech show promises to have some of the best in-depth […]
With Deep Roots in Africa, Andela Begins Global Expansion, Including a Major Growth of Engineering Talent in Latin and South America New York, NY (August 16, 2021) – Andela, the global talent network that helps companies build remote engineering teams, today announced the global expansion of their engineering talent. Expanding into new regions allows Andela […]
Join us this year at CIO 100 Virtual Symposium & Awards, on August 17-18 & 24-25. At this event we’ll be joining the best and the brightest minds in IT for an immersive and interactive experience! We’ll have a virtual booth, and there will be a 15 minute fireside chat between Andela’s own VP of […]
I love working in client success. Not only do I have the chance to connect directly with our client partners, but I also get to work directly with so many of our talented engineers all over the world. At our recent webinar, I brought together Karim Hosny, Olla Ashour, and Mayowa Egbewunmi to ask them […]
In this article I am going to be discussing how to configure continuous deployment of an Angular application utilizing Heroku and Travis Cl. In case you are unfamiliar with Continuous Deployment, I am going to begin with a brief definition of that concept. According to a recent blog post published by Atlassian, Continuous Deployment (CD) […]
We’ve all seen it: Traditional ways of working were disrupted by the pandemic. But while offices were closed and people were working from anywhere, something incredible happened. The momentum shifted and organizations realized that access to talent was, indeed, boundaryless. While this shift to remote work was slowly taking place over the past five years, […]
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “There is more than one way to crack an egg.” Software engineering is a perfect example of this concept, when engineering a software system there is almost always more than one way to accomplish any task. The challenge this versatility presents is finding the best way. […]
Amazon Alexa and many other voice assistants are taking over the world with their automation of daily tasks. And, given how fast-paced our lives have become, it seems like there is no better way to stay on top than by utilizing these new innovations for your routine day-to-day needs! Throughout the course of this article […]
Laravel Tinker is a great program, and it would be even better if you could use it with the Lumen app. Unfortunately that ability is not available inherently with the program, but these four easy steps can get you started with Tinker on Lumen. Although the Laravel documentation on Artisan Console shows how to get […]
In the first article in this two-part series, I wrote about how you can code the very simplest structure of the web app server on an Android device. Now, we are going to move one step further and actually build a web-based application that will run on an Android phone. The app that this tutorial […]
In this Termux tutorial we will be creating a simple app using Django and ReactJs platforms. The purpose of this article is to show coders who want to learn outside the framework of a computer how they can use some simple and downloadable programs to create on their phones. This particular tutorial will utilize an […]
Continuity of elements on a website across browsers is essential. I was excited to be asked to create a ReactJs tutorial for a custom select element so that when implemented on a website the dropdown menu looks the same in all browsers. This type of dropdown menu CSS can be necessary because the built-in browser select […]
As the VP of Product at Andela, I know Engineering ROI is a crucial part of the planning process, and it’s something that I am constantly discussing with my partners in engineering leadership. At our recent webinar, co-hosted with Jellyfish, I spoke to Dana Lawson, VP of Engineering at GitHub, Juan Pablo Buriticá, former Head […]
The second online edition and 4th overall edition of GopherCon Europe 2021 is now over. An annual conference dedicated to the Go programming language, GopherCon was packed with 3 days of fun and valuable insights as well as amazing speakers and workshops. Although there was a tremendous amount of variety in the presentations, they all […]
What does “relevance” mean in the age of digital access? The world is changing and future jobs require that we take action to democratize access to digital skills. Possibly now more than ever, The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the opportunity cost of the digital divide. It’s time we did something about it. What my journey […]
Major companies have had it wrong for years – top engineers aren’t drawn to campus life and office perks. The pandemic this past year has proven what remote working evangelists have been preaching for years. Skilled and motivated technologists want to work on their own terms — our recent software developer survey proves it. We […]
Is remote staff augmentation right for you and your business? Read on to find out.