Lookback at my 4 years at trivago
Soft skills are often more important than technical skills
Today marks my 4 years at trivago. When I started, I expected to learn a lot technically compared to my previous jobs, especially since trivago operates on a much larger scale. But things were different than what I expected. In my previous job, I was wearing multiple hats. Even though I was a Backend Engineer, I also made basic dashboards for internal customers and occasionally wrote some JS and CSS for the front end. I had to take care of some of our infrastructure as well. ...