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Write Junior Code
A plea to Haskellers everywhere.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 4,748 posts.
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Where do individual contributors go once they peak?
On why senior individual-contributor designers shouldn't have to move into management to grow—and how the industry can build a real IC leadership track.
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Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs
I went through my calendar recently to count all the clients I worked with in 2019 as part of my coaching practice. The answer: 101 powerful and extraordinary individuals. Wow, I was blown away, I had no idea that it would be this many. The kinds of people I had and continue to have the […]
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What I've learned sending proposals to conferences
This year I sent out quite a few proposals to the majority of mobile conferences in Europe. Some ignored me, the others replied with automated rejections. However, some accepted and it was fun. Here is what I've learned on the way.
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Reviewing Bad Schematics as EE Interview Tactic
help your EE candidates strut their stuff
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Downsides to working at a tech giant
Hey everyone, new vlog for this morning. I was in Seattle last week and it made me nostalgic. When I lived there, I made a career decision that cost me a lot, so I wanted to share it with you with...
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Apprenticeships Beat Classrooms
Apprenticeships beat schooling. Here's why they're a superior method for learning, and how you can apply this to the things you want to master.
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Don’t Shy Away or Risk Cowardly Management
I’m not a big fan of stereotypes, but there’s no denying that a lot of leaders in tech are former engineers–a group no one would claim is known for being…
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The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organizational complexity
A post by August Lilleaas, published December 18, 2019.
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A hiring test I'd like to run
(For the avoidance of doubt, I have nothing to do with hiring at my employer. This test is probably deeply problematic in ways you'll angrily Tweet me about.) I'd like to tell you a story! I am a teenager applying for temp jobs. It's the late 1990s and the temp agency have asked me to take a Microsoft Office test. You…
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Asking questions is a skill: Lessons from 10 years of Stack Overflow
I’m approaching my ten year anniversary on Stack Overflow. Over the past decade, how I use the site and my understanding of it has evolved quite a bit, so I thought I’d share some of what I’ve learned along the way.
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My Year in Review: 2019
Here are some of the things I’m most proud of from 2019, and some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned.
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I stood up to my boss, then he got promoted
There is a special feeling I get on a Sunday evening. Sunday is the weekend and I am home relaxing with my family after a well deserved break. But Sunday evening is the end of the weekend, the end of
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Away Fires CEO Steph Korey After Months-Long Search for Her Replacement
So now the narrative is not “Away fires woman CEO and co-founder, replaces her with a man”. Instead, the narrative is “Away fires CEO who created ‘toxic culture’, brings in fresh leadership” — a narrative that wouldn’t be possible without The Verge’s story last Thursday.
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Learning to code vs. learning to automate
Does anyone remember a few years ago, when the mayor of New York decided to learn to program? It was a heady time, because it wasn’t just him. I remember these surreal commercials where Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh was encouraging children to learn to code for the good of humanity or something. There was...
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Hiring Is Obsolete (2005)
May 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Berkeley CSUA.) The three big powers on the Internet now are Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft. Average age of their founders: 24. So it is pretty well established now that grad students can start successful companies. And if grad students can do it, why not undergrads?…
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The Product-Minded Software Engineer
Product-minded engineers are developers with lots of interest in the product itself. They want to understand why decisions are made, how people use the product, and love to be involved in making product decisions. They're someone who would likely make a good product manager if they ever decide
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Hexing the technical interview (2017)
Long ago, on Svalbard, when you were a young witch of forty-three, your mother took your unscarred wrists in her hands, and spoke:
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A Distributed Meeting Primer
As a leader who primarily values team health, I place great value on the weekly 1:1 because it’s where I assess health. It’s my highest bandwidth meeting, and h
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My Experience as a Remote Worker
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a real-world window into what it's like to work fully-remote as a software engineer.
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Help me ask why you didn't just
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus
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Yes, And – How to be effective in the theatre of work
How to be effective in the theatre of work
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I'm not burned out, I'm pissed off
(Hey HN/Reddit/Lobste.rs! I didn't expect this to take off, there are a couple of unclear things in here. The biggest seeming to be my ha...
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The care and feeding of software engineers, or why engineers are grumpy (2012)
The Official Web Site of Nicholas C. Zakas