David Jones, Kaplan's CEO, stated, 'The time really felt right to find a new owner for Kaplan Languages-an owner that might give it the attention that it deserves going forward.' He expressed optimism about Inspirit's plans for investment and growth, hoping for a bright future for the staff.
Bob and I have spent many years as Python devs, and 6 years coaching with Pybites and we can safely say that being a Senior Developer is only about 1/3 Python knowledge. The other 60% is the ecosystem. It's the tooling. It's all of the tech around Python that makes you stand out from the rest. This is the biggest blind spot keeping developers stuck in Tutorial Hell. You spend hours memorising obscure library features, but you crumble when asked to configure a CI/CD pipeline.
When you learn on your own, you're responsible for: Choosing what to learn next Deciding what "good enough" looks like Knowing when you're ready to move on Evaluating whether your work reflects real-world expectations Most beginners don't struggle because they lack discipline. They struggle because they don't yet have the context to make good learning decisions.
Most blogs about switching jobs in tech talk about grinding harder. More LeetCode.More applications.More hustle. But when I switched from SDE-1 to SDE-2 in just 1.5 years and doubled my CTC, I realized something uncomfortable: 👉 Effort was never the bottleneck. Direction was. This post is for backend engineers who already work hard - but want clarity on what actually moves the needle in SDE-2 interviews.