How Merit Can Unblock Your Career
We’re almost done with the first month of 2022, and the Merit team is taking time to reflect on 2021. We wanted to evaluate how well we’re…
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Navigating Your Career
The end of the year is a time of reflection. It’s a chance to ask, “How has the last year gone? What have I achieved? What do I want for…
Quitting Your Job? 10 Tips to Leave on a Good Note
Leaving a job requires clear communication and setting up your company for success without you. It also means protecting yourself and deciding what end date and transition plan works best for you. We provide 10 tips on how.
How to Build Relationships — Without an Office
Remote work has been a lifeline for many folks: more time with family or friends, no commute, wearing sweatpants during important meetings…
How to Get Honest Answers During an Interview
Interviewing is tough. The process can be exhausting: hours-long on sites, take-home assignments, sending follow-ups and thank-you notes…
The how & why of being a mentor
As part of building Merit, a platform for useful tech career advice and mentorship, we’ve facilitated thousands of hours of mentorship. We…
Interviewing for your first engineering job after a bootcamp
You did it! You’re officially an engineering bootcamp graduate. You’ve gone through the courses, learned about for-loops, and built an app…
What to look for in your employment agreement
Congratulations! You just received a job offer! The company probably emailed you one or more long, legal-looking documents. You may be…
Why mentorship?
Growing your career in tech is hard, but it’s a lot more manageable when you have people to talk to about problems and get advice. There is…
You’re done with your design bootcamp! Here’s what to do next (Part II)
Earlier this week we talked about being on the job hunt after graduating from a design bootcamp. Today we’re going to focus on what happens…