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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,087 posts.
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When you're in a team that I lead, there are 3 things that I'd like to ask you
When you're in a team that I lead, there are three minor things that I'd like to ask you. I believe these ground rules are the lubricant of an effective team, and it's not only others I want to adhere to them, I do them myself, too. There's only three things: ASK: If a task is not clear, or more information is needed…
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Post-Mythos Cybersecurity: Keep calm and carry on
As some of those fears, uncertainties, and doubts about Mythos are starting to feel real, what can we do about it? Paradoxically, I believe that little needs to change in what we’ve been doing for years.
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Having a successful career with depression, anxiety and imposter syndrome
The first half of this conversation is a searingly honest account of...
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People of ACM – Russ Cox
Russ Cox is a Distinguished Engineer at Google. He was a leading figure in the development of the Go programming language and environment working with co-creators Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, and serving as technical lead for over a decade. Before Go, he created Google Code Search, which provided…
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So You Want to Be a Penetration Tester?
This is an old and outdated version of the blog. If you haven’t read this post yet, then please see the new one for the most up-to-date content: “So You Want To Work in Cyber Security?”. This version is kept here for archival purposes only.
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My experiences at a woman's programming workshop
I heard about a Python tutorial that was going on this weekend, and with well over a decade of Python experience, I decided to volunteer to help students. I hadn't realized it was a women's workshop put on by PyLadies , but I'm glad I went because I came out of the event with a number of observations that extend out…
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How to make Slack less bad for you
Slack claim to be in the business of "making your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive". We’re about to be cynical, so let’s acknowledge that this claim is probably at least par...
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How I (almost) got an internship at Google
I'm Evan Carmi, an engineering leader with 17 years of experience building software and managing teams, now transitioning into entrepreneurship to create products and solutions for people I care about.
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Crush Your Interviews with the Power of Storytelling
For interviews, it's not what you've done, it's how you explain what you've done. It's that fundamental difference which makes storytelling a critical interview skill.
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How to talk to an open source project as a large scale or interesting user
The very short version: if you contact an open source project anonymously, you may not get the best help.
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Nobody’s going to steal your idea
When I was working on my dissertation, I thought someone might scoop my research and I'd have to start over. Looking back, that was ridiculous. For one thing, my research was too arcane for many others to care about. And even if someone had proven one of my theorems, there would still be something original
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Joel Spolsky, Snake-Oil Salesman
If there is a lecturer in TCD’s CS department that doesn’t know of the problems and issues Joel just raised in his Capstone Projects post, they’re a rare bird indeed. But what Joe…
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70 job interviews in 17 days
When I was but a wee lad, I dreamed of being a janitor for NASA. There's just something awesome about playing a part, no matter how sma...
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Don't be afraid to be wrong
Being afraid of being wrong can hold you back - know how to deal with it.
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Never Have the “What Would It Take to Keep You Here?” Conversation
As a CEO, many of the scariest days I've faced have been those when a critical member of our team told us they were leaving the company. Your heart sinks.
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Checklists are hard, but still a good thing
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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“My position as Product Manager of Automation Technologies was eliminated”
This website is developed, maintained, and hosted by Sal Soghoian as a service to the user automation community.
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Software engineering research questions
I have been collecting random software engineering research ideas from friends and colleagues for more than a decade. These are the questions I’ve been asked since I started taking notes ten years ago. I apologize for not keeping track of who wanted to know, but if you’re working on any of these, please get in touch…
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Grad students at Northeastern pushed back against invasive digital surveillance
This is a wild and hopeful story: grad students at Northeastern successfully pushed back against invasive digital surveillance in their workplace, through solidarity, fearlessness, and the bright light of publicity. It's a tale of hand-to-hand, victorious combat with the "shitty technology adoption curve."
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Believe the Checkbook
AI companies talk as if engineering is over. Their acquisitions say the opposite.
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The Tech Job Meltdown
Half a million layoffs? It's all accounting.
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Steve Yegge Joins as Head of Engineering of Sourcegraph
TL;DR: Steve Yegge has joined Sourcegraph as Head of Engineering, where we are building the world's most open and comprehensive code intelligence platform (CIP).
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How I Learned to Program
How I learned to program, and my advice for beginners: use Linux, want it badly, build small command line programs, write a lot, join IRC, have fun.