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This is my admission. A brain dump of an awkward Scala interviewing experience, first of all, I am going to hold my fire, because in the end state, it really does not matter. Instead, the adage that I elect to follow is known as Knowledge is Power – Share Some, Rasta. I have some experience […]

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Here is an online programming problem that you could encounter when interviewing for a contract / permanent job. You have a Java developer environment with a unit test class DuplicateIntegersTest (JUnit 5) and you are using a Java 11 / Java 17. You have to write the logic that passes the following test. The exercise […]

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As promised, I delivered a new episode, the second in a new production of Principal Tech. I am the Principal Tech. In this video cast, on YouTube, I discuss #BlackTechTwitter (hashtag). I am purposely not writing a lot of text on this blog post. The idea is you go watch and/or listen, because I am […]

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PPJWT Countdown Day 0 – “Release the Dogs” Tonight, Today. I have no idea. It’s time let the dogs off the lead. Release the dogs so that they can be free to roam the country park. Having animals as pets is good for the soul. They present unconditional love as long you honour the duty […]

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PPJWT Countdown Day 1 – “Yo Drive Control” Release day is nearly upon us. This is a short extract of my 2020 / 2021 video online course. It’s very nearly is there, I promise. To be really honest, this video course is already three months late. I am disappointed by timekeeping, but I realise this […]

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PPJWT Countdown Day 2 – “Express Yourself” Release day is nearly upon. This is a short extract of my 2020 / 2021 video online course. It’s nearly there, I promise. The whole thing has been delayed, because of changing jobs, circumstance, deciding what to about IR35, contracting versus permanent full time employee, family and even […]

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Today, I uploaded to YouTube a long form video (00:25:27 duration). In this long-form video presentation, I discuss my personal choice of why I chose contracting over permanent opportunities in my career. I share my feelings and historic decisions of why I got into contracting, why I found it beneficial and why it can be […]

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This is my advertisment to find Small Business Exempt clients in 2021     If this is you, and your small business falls under the government criteria (2 of 3), and in the near future, if you are considering hiring a Java contractor developer specialist, then you find my details: My Linkedin is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterpilgrim2000/ […]

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Season’s Greetings All My plan of action for 2021 is to: Go back to OUTSIDE IR35 contracting Off Payroll Worker tax change pending April 2021 is essentially a tax grab by the revenue Take advantage of the Small Company Exemption and help clients beat their bigger competition and disrupt their target markets. Because of the […]

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I was umming and ahhing over this lecture for a while, since the subject is relevant to me now. I am an independent contractor and for 2020, I have had to suffer the consequence of not finding client who will afford OUTSIDE IR35 determination. It led me to really think deeply about the future of […]

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I am proud to announce the early access of my new video online course for 2020, just in time for Black History Month*. You can find How to Improve Your Personal Performance in Java work Technology exclusively on Vimeo On-Demand.* Exclusive Vimeo On-Demand: The 75% off discount code is Nichelle1969P. This is a limited size […]

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Wednesday 29th, July 2020 In this week’s episode, I present a Very Brief Introduction to Apache POI , creating the simplest Microsoft Excel spreadsheet ever. Here is an additional bonus, I’m using Kotlin, the programming language. I also talk about why spreadsheets are so sexy man? If you know how to work with spreadsheets in […]