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Annual Developer Income Report
It is over one year since I gave up my day job to become an independent developer (It is more than a year but I have missed a few reports so I will sum 12 months that has been reported on this blog…
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 4,748 posts.
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College was my biggest mistake (2012)
When I turned 18, my parents expected me to go to college- it was the only option, the only way to be a successful adult. I’m a 2nd generation Italian. My mother and grandparents came over to America and bootstrapped themselves from nothing, so nee...
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Interviews in the Age of AI: Ditch Leetcode – Try Code Reviews Instead
In the emerging age of AI generated code, is leetcode really the best way to evaluate technical candidates (was it ever)?
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Hiring Is Broken?
I can’t keep track of the number of articles I’ve read about hiring in the past few years. Inevitably, they all follow the exact same format. First, they claim that hiring is broken. Ne…
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What would an efficient and trustworthy meeting culture look like?
I like bits, bits are mighty. With bits you can do impressive things!
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A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
Engineering, Robotics, AI, Technology
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Every modeler is supposed to be a great Python programmer
This post is by Phil Price, not Andrew. I’ve had a run of luck ever since I left my staff scientist position at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to become a freelance consultant doing statistical modeling and forecasting, mostly related to electricity consumption and prices: just as I finished a contract, another one…
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Skill Stacking: A Practical Strategy to Achieve Career Success
Skill stacking is a strategy that you can use to achieve career success. You can use it whether you want to build a business or have a dream job.
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Some career advice (2019)
One unexpected perk of publishing a book is that folks start to ask you questions about all sorts of loosely related things. One pretty common thread has been around career advice, I’ve written up most of my advice for easier reusability. Some of the ideas are a bit contradictory, which I suspect is the nature of all…
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If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft (2002)
Interviewer: Now comes the part of the interview where we ask a question to test your creative thinking ability. Don’t think too hard about it, just
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Only solve one new problem at a time
Ben Nadel discusses one of the lessons learned from 10 years of CodePen: solve only problem at a time - a message worth amplifying.
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One Year as a Data Scientist at Stack Overflow
One day in January 2013 I found myself wasting time on the internet.
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Research as leisure activity
my favorite form of entertainment is downloading PDFs ✦ plus favorite Fluxus artists and early programs
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It's OK to abandon your side-project (2024)
In an industry that pressures developers to always be shipping side-projects, it can be helpful to be retrospective with the projects that don't make the cut
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In software, when an engineer exits the team
My perspective when a team member gives their notice
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I have quit my job
Several years ago, I decided to quit freelancing and do a day job. The job would pay much less but I was struggling with mental health (ADHD). On my therapist's suggestion, I decided to give the job thing a try. It worked wonderfully, my struggles with discipline are a thing of past. Or so I believe.
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Peer Review
This blog is not peer reviewed at all. I write it, I put it out there, and people read it or not. It is my little megaphone that I alone control.
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Goodbye Google: "Visual Design Lead" leaves Google
Part 1 of 2 (here’s Part 2) Today is my last day at Google. I started working in-house at Google almost three years ago. I built a team from scratch. I was fortunate to hire a team of a very…
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Software Mise En Place
I am really, really into cooking. In the heady days of 2016 I regularly threw dinner parties for 30+ people. These days I don't hate myself that much, but...
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Calibrate Before You Accelerate: Bias Toward Action in a New Role
Starting at Engine brought back the urge to prove myself quickly, and the difficulty of knowing what to change before I understood the context.