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Emma Bostian

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Engineering Manager @Spotify 🇸🇪 · American in Stockholm

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1Oct 25, '23I've been an Engineering Manager (switched from an engineer) for a year now... here are my top learnings:13.5×722k3.6k3523.1k
2Oct 2, '23I’ve been struggling with depression since my daughter was born 18 months ago. I’ve lost interest in hobbies and not kept up with friendships. But I’ve scheduled my first therapy a9.4×504k4.8k53134
3Jul 6, '20I am officially a Software Engineer @Spotify! 😍❤️🙆‍♀️ Today is my first day, wish me luck! 😱9.4×028k461121
4Jun 7, '23Shoutout to my husband who tuned in to my six hour @FrontendMasters live stream on CSS even though he doesn't even know what CSS is. I'm not crying 😭8.9×480k4.5k285147
5Dec 24, '18Lolol7.1×015k4k136
6May 2, '19Co-workers: “I’m gonna just refactor your code a bit” Me:5.3×012k2.4k106
7May 27, '19Developer tips: 🎧 Invest in quality headphones 💻 Re-read code before opening a PR 🤜🏻 Ask for help when truly stuck 🙌🏻 Help others who are stuck 🙀 Take tasks that scare you ❤5.3×010k3.1k184
8Mar 25, '23Some personal news: we’re married! 💒🥰👰‍♀️5.0×266k4.4k1723
9Feb 25, '20*Honest job interview* Interviewer: “What’s your biggest weakness?” Me: “Sometimes I fuck up my rebase so badly I delete the repo and clone a new copy 🔥🙆‍♀️”4.6×012k1.3k143
10Aug 12, '21I realize talking money is taboo for many but I’m debating making a blog post breaking down my 5+ sources of passive income and explaining how I earn more on side projects than at 3.7×08.6k1781.2k
11Jul 19, '21Hi I’m a software engineer at Spotify and have been programming professionally for 6 years. I also have a computer science degree. I still struggle with foundational programming co3.6×09.6k749233
12Mar 23, '20DEVELOPERS DO NOT NEED CS DEGREES DEVELOPERS DO NOT NEED CS DEGREES DEVELOPERS DO NOT NEED CS DEGREES DEVELOPERS DO NOT NEED CS DEGREES Seriously stop the fucking gate keeping.3.5×07.8k1.1k110
13Apr 23, '19Anyone else ever put in headphones without playing anything, simply because you want to avoid other humans? 😳3.3×08.2k63015
14Jan 6, '20*Works on fixing a bug for 3 hours with no progress and a multitude of contempt for programming* ... *Wakes up the next morning and fixes the bug in 2 minutes* 🤦‍♀️3.2×07.6k87453
15Jul 30, '20If it makes you feel any better... nobody *actually* knows how to use Git. We all just memorize a few shell commands and hope nothing implodes.3.2×07.8k81695
16Apr 1, '21We now own a house in Sweden 😭❤️3.2×09.3k120176
17Jun 22, '20In two weeks I start my dream job as a software engineer at Spotify. I am both terrified and thrilled.3.1×09.2k13847
18Apr 29, '19The hardest thing about coding is knowing what to Google 👩🏻‍💻2.9×06.6k1.2k54
19Feb 14, '24I got my first promotion 🥹🙏 I’m now an Engineering Manager II! It took me 9 years in the industry to get promoted. That can happen when you switch jobs/companies every couple of 2.9×153k3k3778
20Sep 13, '19I’ve been rejected from many job interviews in my life. My most recent I had 5+ interview rounds, a full day of onsite coding interviews and I made it to the final stage before I g2.7×06.8k817113
21May 6, '21Things I use daily as a developer: - Basic mathematical concepts - Problem-solving skills - Communication skills Things I do *not* use daily as a front end developer: - Bubble sort2.7×06.2k774292
22Feb 8, '20Please don’t ever make a junior developer... or any developer, feel stupid for asking a question. Remember where you started, where we ALL started.2.7×05.8k1.2k42
23Jul 26, '21Things I do after getting a new MacBook/iMac: 1. Open Safari 2. Download Google Chrome2.5×06.6k42957
24Oct 13, '20*I did not make this & don't know where it came from* BUT IM DEAD 💀2.5×05.1k1.1k106
25Sep 19, '19The evolution of my programming knowledge: 👩‍🎓 College: Programming is easy. I know so much. 👩‍💻 1st Dev Job: I want to learn all the things! 🥔 Now: I know nothing. I am a pot2.4×05.6k1k57
26Apr 17, '20🙆‍♀️🌟🎉🙆‍♀️🌟🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT! This summer I’ll be joining @Spotify as a Software Engineer! I have never been so humbled and excited. I cannot wait to work on a product I’ve used2.4×06.7k10767
27Feb 19, '19Since regex can be confusing, I created a little cheat sheet 😀2.2×04.1k992524
28Aug 11, '21<Emma> <Baby birthday=“February 2022” /> <Emma /> Hired an intern. They start on Valentine’s Day ❤️ 🌈 🌈2.2×06.1k5474
29May 25, '21Why has it taken me 5 years of professional software development to properly learn testing? Why are we not more concerned with adding robust tests? Why is testing not taught in man2.2×05.2k531170
30Jun 14, '19Do you write HTML? You’re a developer. JavaScript? You’re a developer. Python? You guessed it, you’re a developer. Let’s stop gatekeeping and make this an inclusive and safe place 2.1×04.6k77242
31Jul 13, '20Spotify provides a step-by-step coding tutorial on building an application for new developers. It covers APIs, authentication, component creation with React & TS, E2E & uni2.1×04.7k432522
32May 15, '19How to be a great developer: 1. Don’t be a jerk 2. Keep on learning2.0×04.5k91222
33Oct 7, '21If 75% of my day consists of meetings, I can't spend the other 25% coding. Taking walks outside or reading a book for 20-30 minutes are the only things keeping me from burning out.2.0×05.2k416127
34Dec 9, '19Me learning German in a nutshell2.0×04.8k62470
35May 8, '20Learn German, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.1.9×04.3k81671
36Feb 12, '21TW: miscarriage At 5 weeks we found out we were pregnant. At 10 weeks I am currently having an excruciating miscarriage. Miscarriage is often endured in silence which is why I’m po1.9×05k18390
37Feb 16, '20I cannot spend all my free time/weekends coding. It would drive me insane. I love the work I do, but coding isn’t my life. Some people love spending all their free time on it, but 1.9×04.9k52045
38Sep 5, '18Open Position: Entry-Level Front-End Dev Must have: - 6 yrs experience - Fluent in React, Haskell and COBOL - 15 Github commits each day - 12 references 6 month contract with no po1.9×04.2k64522
39May 27, '19Nobody: LinkedIn Recruiters: I think you’d be a perfect fit for this role which requires a language you’ve never programmed in, in a city you just moved out of, on a 6 month contra1.8×04.6k49512
40May 16, '20I've officially made the payments on all of my debt. Five years of throwing all my money at it and losing sleep at night. Including the car I sold that's $60,000 in debt I've paid 1.8×05.3k8122
41Aug 24, '21Today at 15 weeks pregnant I decided to get the vaccine. I’d been very anxious about it since I’ve had 3 back to back miscarriages but I felt it was the right decision. I would app1.7×05.1k2930
42May 17, '19Coding is kinda like exercising. It’s hard to get started, and it takes a while to see progress. You’ll see many people who are more advanced than you. But the longer you do it, th1.7×03.6k74857
43Mar 30, '21The amount of things you're expected to know in web development is ✨overwhelming✨1.6×04.2k40460
44Nov 11, '20I can't stop thinking about this pick-up line a guy used on me the other day 😂 "You're a software engineer for Spotify? That's good because I have a problem that needs reporting. 1.5×04.3k17693
45Jun 28, '20Please create a safe space for junior developers to feel safe enough to ask questions. If they’re struggling, ask them which concepts specifically they’re struggling with. Don’t le1.5×03.5k60046
46Jan 21, '21Officially tested positive for COVID. Y’all this is no joke. Fever. Entire body ache. My skin hurts to touch. Sinus, eye, and ear pain. Exhaustion. Dizziness. Not fun. Please take 1.5×03.6k27152
47Nov 29, '20So many developers stay at jobs they despise in order to avoid technical interviews. That's heartbreaking. We need to fix this system now. I'll be posting a YouTube video in the up1.5×03.6k228242
48Nov 23, '18Raise your hand if you’ve ever been rejected from a job interview 👋🏼 Rejection is a natural part of the job hunting process. It doesn’t mean you’re not good enough. It means you 1.5×03.5k38534
49Dec 28, '19My feelings about coding are either: “I love coding and could never do anything else professionally” Or “Fuck it I’m gonna quit and knit sweaters for small animals”1.5×03.5k47829
50Jul 3, '20Stockholm has the most beautiful subway stations. More photos to come 🇸🇪😛1.4×04.2k14151
51May 5, '21Things I do as a technical interviewer: 1. State this is a conversation, not a test 2. Let the candidate look up APIs 3. Tell them when they do a great job 4. Problem solve togethe1.4×03.6k302148
52Feb 19, '20Hello, I’m live coding on a stage in front of 3,000 people. What could go wrong?1.4×03.8k10617
53Sep 21, '20How to make tech Twitter lose their shit in 5 words: “HTML is a programming language”1.4×03.5k34434
54May 30, '21age++ 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂1.4×03.8k3712
55Nov 20, '19As a senior developer, please remember where you came from. We all started out as junior developers. If you see your colleague struggling, offer to help or mentor them. And if you’1.4×03k68421
56Nov 14, '21I GET TO SEE MY FAMILY IN A FEW HOURS AFTER 3 YEARS 😭1.4×04.3k2336
57Apr 18, '20Project managers: No we don’t have time to fix technical debt. It’s just not a priority. We have features to push. Also project managers: WHY IS OUR PRODUCT BREAKING WHAT IS HAPPEN1.4×03.1k55442
58May 8, '20My GitHub is more like a project graveyard of half-finished, half-assed projects than a set of project repositories that showcase my skills.1.4×03.5k35734
59Jun 12, '20Buying a “kid’s” programming book so you can learn computer science...even though you have a computer science degree... lmao1.4×03k342251
60Jul 2, '20This is my home now 🇸🇪1.4×04k3122
61Feb 25, '22Frankly, I don’t give a shit about tech right now. My heart is with the Ukrainian people 🤍1.3×04k18017
62Mar 27, '20Just paid off 1/3 credit cards I've had hanging over me for 4 years as a result of medical debt. All the money I make from the courses, podcasts, blogs, etc. all goes towards my de1.3×04k10141
63Dec 25, '18And you wonder why women don’t want to get into Engineering... 🤦🏻‍♀️1.3×02.8k54719
64Jun 22, '19Me at the beginning of my career: “I am so smart. Everybody look how smart I am. I deserve all the jobs.” Me now, 4 years in: “I know literally nothing.”1.3×03.3k36930
65Jul 28, '20Listening to Spotify while building Spotify is a strange inception experience.1.3×03.9k11718
66Jun 20, '22Super excited and humbled to announce that I’ll be taking on a new role at Spotify as an Engineering Manager! I’ve wanted to get into management for a long time and I’m grateful fo1.3×03.8k3488
67Aug 3, '19Me vs. the developer they told me not to worry about.1.3×03.1k50926
68Jul 29, '20💁‍♀️ Junior dev me: "I am so smart. I know everything and I deserve the best job at the best company." 🙇‍♀️ 5 years later me: "I know nothing. Do I deserve to be here?"1.3×03.4k27133
69Nov 28, '20If technologies had honest tag lines: Git: Confusing developers of all experience levels CSS: Good luck figuring me out HTML: More than just <div>s JavaScript: Nothing to do 1.3×03k39285
70Jul 25, '20Hi, this is the Stockholm public library 📚1.3×03.6k16332
71Dec 30, '18🇩🇪Moved to Germany 💻Started a new job 💍Got married ✈️Traveled to 10 countries 📚Read 80 books 📝Wrote 40 blogs 👩🏻‍💻Started an open source project 💕Gained 19k followers 20181.3×03.6k12359
72Aug 15, '19💁🏻‍♀️ Me 4 years ago: I am so smart and good at coding. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Me now: I have to google the syntax for using an image in markdown every damn time. How am I employed?1.3×03.3k30021
73Aug 3, '20Got the keys to my Swedish home today and I’m so excited 😭❤️1.3×03.7k2860
74Feb 18, '21Recruiter: “So what’s your biggest weakness?” Me: “When a recipe calls for 3 cloves of garlic, I add 7.”1.3×03.5k18027
75Jun 16, '21Not a bad view from the office 🥰1.2×03.6k9852
76Jun 5, '21Okay but can we talk about SWEDISH MOVIE THEATERS???? It’s all self serve and you just checkout like you would at a grocery store. WHY IS IT ALL SO NICE AHHH1.2×03.2k18176
77Mar 9, '21Just got a calendar notification for my 14-week pregnancy appointment...I miscarried 4 weeks ago. This is why we don't need AI's to stitch photos together and autoplay "memories" f1.2×03.5k12335
78May 3, '21Nobody: "What kind of programming do you do?" Me: "OOPs" Nobody: "Ahh object-oriented programming, nice, what language? Java?" Me: "No no you misheard me, I said I'm an OOPs progra1.2×03.2k32229
79Jan 27, '22Holy shit I’m gonna be someone’s MOM 💀1.2×03.7k917
80Nov 29, '20“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” No matter how much I love something, if you put a deadline and/or requirements on it, it’s work and my love of it declin1.2×02.9k34770
81Jun 13, '19Me: I’m just going to refactor this one piece of code... *6 hours later* Me: “What have I done...”1.2×02.8k4009
82Oct 2, '18I’ve been receiving a lot of messages from devs who suffer from impostor syndrome. This makes me super sad. So I’d like to prove that developers feel impostor syndrome in all phase1.2×03.1k23419
83May 21, '20*Has 12 half finished projects* “I have SUCH a great project idea. I have to do it NOW.” *Buys domain* *Has 13 half finished projects*1.2×03k26422
84May 12, '21Just a reminder that: Senior engineer @ company A !== Senior engineer @ company B ❤️ If you see someone get the title in less time than you, you can be happy for them! But the qual1.1×03k27446
85May 4, '21If someone on your team is doing a great job, TELL THEM. And better yet, submit formal feedback tagging their manager. This helps immensely with promotions!1.1×02.8k33653
86Jul 20, '20Dear employers, Stop looking at years of experience with a technology and start looking at proficiency with a technology.1.1×02.8k33230
87Apr 2, '21I just bought a house with the man of my dreams. I have my dream job. My life is wonderful. And my first thought was “what did I do to deserve this?” YOU DESERVE ALL THE GOOD THING1.1×03.3k9347
88Sep 6, '20New devs: there are so many other notable companies to get hired at other than Google. Stop looking for validation in the tech giants.1.1×02.9k25161
89Nov 4, '22I can’t believe I need to say this but please stop commenting on my decision to have a baby with my boyfriend when we’re not married. Our baby is loved. We are happy. We’ve got it 1.0×03k2822
90Jul 4, '20WHY IS EVERYTHING IN STOCKHOLM SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL 🇸🇪1.0×03k5144
91Apr 29, '21Don’t be an asshole to immigrants who don’t speak your language. I was just publicly berated by a man at the post office because I didn’t know I had to take a queue number. I was a1.0×02.9k9423
92May 10, '19I achieved a career milestone today. I finally memorized how to include an image and a link in markdown. No more Googling for me; I'm officially a professional web developer.1.0×02.9k10914
93Nov 20, '20It's such a cool feeling when I open Spotify to set the mood for coding.. and then realize that I'm building this app...1.0×03.1k3327
94May 13, '21If you adopted a pet during quarantine and are going to “re-home” them because “life is going back to normal” that’s seriously f’d up and you shouldn’t be allowed to adopt another 1.0×02.7k23312
95Feb 10, '212021 is already breaking my heart. Did not get good news at the hospital. I’ll be gone for a while. I’ll be ok but it’s going to take a while.1.0×02.8k2016
96Dec 21, '20“Do you ever wanna move back to the US?” No, Sweden is my home now 😍🎄1.0×02.9k4931
97May 24, '21Still my favorite subway stop in Stockholm 🥰1.0×02.9k4541
98May 6, '20As of today I have the ability to pay off the remaining $24k of debt (out of $33k) I've had hanging over me for 5 years...and still have money left over. This doesn't feel real. I 1.0×02.9k4115
99Dec 16, '21My best friend and I made a human ❤️🤰1.0×02.9k2836
100Jul 16, '21This is the first time in my life I feel financially secure and what a feeling that is 😭 I used to be $50k in credit card and medical debt and paid it all off. Not only that but w0.9×02.8k3333

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