1
The Nerd Handbook
A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in the conversation over dinner? That's the nerd working on his project in his hea
Michael Lopp
Stories about the humans who build software
- Popular posts
- 32
- Total points
- 5,749
- HN comments
- 1,914
- Rank
- #171 personal
Visit randsinrepose.com → RSS feedOn Hacker News Oct 2008 – Aug 2026
Career & Management 28Life, Learning & Writing 17Tech Industry & Business 6Tools & Productivity 5Design & UX 2Society, Policy & Culture 1
2
Sometimes your job is to stay the hell out of the way
I wrote a piece a long time ago about The Wolf. It's my personal take on the mythical 10x engineer, except that they aren't a myth. They exist. I've seen them.
3
Rands in Repose: Managing Nerds
Ten years ago, the world was collectively freaked out by the Y2K bug. The idea was that when innumerable software-driven clocks flipped at midnight from 1999 to
4
Gaming the System
On my list of creative management solutions to dire situations, I offer the rolling whiteboard. The rolling whiteboard was a curiosity at the start-up. Not a f
5
Rands in Repose Gives Dropbox Love
Cloud computing is yet another name for services that have existed for a really long time. Here's the 2008 IEEE Internet Computing quote regarding Cloud Computi
6
Your People
In your career as a geek, there's a list of essential career intangibles. These are the things you need to do in order to be successful, which are also maddenin