A Tight Spot Part 3: The End of Jobs? Not So Fast.

Generative AI is sparking fears of job loss, but history shows work doesn’t disappear, it evolves. While AI challenges what humans uniquely “know,” creativity, judgment, and intuition keep us in the game. The future may not erase our jobs, but redefine them.

From Apprentice to Automator: Mubarak's Thrive Story

Discover how Mubarak turned his passion for software engineering into a career through Ingage Partners’ Thrive Accelerator, where hands-on mentorship and a supportive developer community helped him build skills, confidence, and real-world experience.

Day in the Life of a UX Design Consultant

UX is a popular career path today, but stepping into consulting within the IT sector brings its own unique challenges and rewards. In this first installment, I share what it’s really like to juggle multiple stakeholders, adapt quickly to new environments, and thrive in a role that offers variety and growth - while balancing the trade-offs of less stability and higher expectations. Stay tuned for Part 2, where I’ll dive into the social side of consulting and why flexibility is one of your greatest assets.

C3 Meet up: Packet Inspector 9000

At Ingage Partners, we bring developers together each month for C3: Code, Craft, Community: a meetup focused on learning, collaboration, and growth. August’s challenge, Packet Inspector 9000, pushed participants to explore new languages, testing styles, and performance strategies while tackling a playful coding kata. More than the code itself, the real takeaway was the creativity, shared learning, and community built along the way.

Guest Contribution: 3 Tips For How To Be A Good Steward Of A Codebase

Being a good steward of a codebase means more than just writing functional code, it’s about contributing in a way that respects the team and the work that came before you. In this blog, we share three practical tips: assimilate the existing style to keep the codebase consistent and readable; communicate before making changes to avoid unnecessary risk or confusion; and lead with compassion when working with legacy code, recognizing that every line was written under different circumstances.

C3 Meet up: Designing for Testability

At July’s C3: Code, Craft, Community meetup, we focused on designing for testability. Using a real-world scheduling problem, developers practiced Test Driven Development, pure functions, and the Single Responsibility Principle to break down complexity and write cleaner, more testable code.