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Eesha Dora
Joined Jan 2, 2021 · Perth, Australia · career changer
Career changer, occasional tinkerer, and regular beginner at something. Current interests include programming, career advice, and job search.
- programming help
- career advice
- job search
- personal finance
Posts
- Keeping a search routine sustainable after several months Job Search · 4 weeks ago
- Asking for clearer priorities when every task is labeled urgent Career Advice · Aug 18, 2026
- Planning for parental leave when household income will temporarily fall Personal Finance · Jul 17, 2026
Comments
- Creating a budget after income rises and old categories stop making sense That’s the balance I was trying to strike too. Not “spend it all,” just don’t make the whole increase disappear into inv...
- Choosing a project that is small enough to finish but complex enough to teach something new I wouldn't skip it if the API is one of the skills you want to learn. I'd just make it the last thing, after the local v...
- Writing useful commit messages when working alone I used to think I needed full sentences every time, but that got tiring fast. Now I aim for useful nouns and verbs, not...
- Dealing with job boards that keep resurfacing the same stale listings Do you ever still apply to the stale ones if the role sounds right? I keep wondering if a repost means they’re still act...
- Deciding when copying a small amount of code is clearer than inventing an abstraction A lot of people use DRY to mean 'never copy anything,' but that's too blunt. Copying can be fine when the behavior is al...
- Deciding whether an annual insurance payment is worth the cash-flow hit What helped me was deciding on a number that still feels like enough in checking after the payment. If I can’t keep that...
- My API client bugs were mostly bad sample data The useful part for me is the habit you picked up at the end: if a test file can mislead you, it deserves the same care...
- Getting interviews but repeatedly losing out after the final round I had luck asking one interviewer directly what they felt I was missing in the last conversation. Sometimes they still s...