Mohammed Abdullatif

Nov 30, 2022

My first 90 days as an Engineering Manager

Almost three months ago, I transitioned from an IC to an EM role at Spotify. Almost three months ago, a new squad came to life starting with just one person: me. My new team’s main responsibility is to look after some internal tools that exist today and allow our stakeholders…

Engineering Mangement

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My first 90 days as an Engineering Manager

Engineering Mangement

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Published in The Startup

·May 1, 2020

Mocking in Swift

When I started learning about what defines a good unit test, an important concept to remember was that good unit tests should be isolated and that the goal of a single unit test is to verify that a specific unit of our code works properly while being isolated from the…

Swift

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Swift

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Published in ITNEXT

·Feb 11, 2019

The ‘this’ keyword in JavaScript, demystified

When I first started learning JavaScript, it took me some time to understand the this keyword in JavaScript and be able to quickly identify which object does the this keyword point to. I found that the hardest thing about understanding the this keyword is that you usually forget the different…

Java Script

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Java Script

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Jan 26, 2019

Why software developers need therapy, too

I arrive at my office. I walk next to my colleagues’ desks. I see most of them with their headphones on. The office is quiet, except if one of our teams is having a standup meeting or a mandatory discussion. Does that scene seem familiar to you too? Software developers…

Programming

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Why software developers need therapy, too

Programming

6 min read