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The PhD Metagame: Don't try to reform science – not yet
Don't try to reform science. Not yet. Not in your PhD. In grad school, you'll start complaining about the publishing...
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The most popular blog posts about career & management on Hacker News. 6,086 posts.
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The code culture problem
A personal blog about the craft of engineering, tech work, personal philosophy, and life.
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Writes large correct programs (2008)
A good programmer is someone who can write large programs that have a high probability of being correct.
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Software engineer titles have almost lost all their meaning
Examining the Devaluation of Software Engineer Titles and Its Impact on Tech Industry Integrity
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Why are technical recruiters so clueless?
Are there any recruiters working in technology who get it? Anyone putting in just a minimum of effort to appear even half-way competent? If so, they need to speak up. The reputation of their profession is being soiled by completely clueless hacks. Here’s a pitch I just got this morning: …
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Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier working for The Man
I enjoy my new job. I thought I wouldn't. The past few years were spent at dot coms, which present themselves as an employee paradise. Casual dress, flexible hours, innovation, a fun atmosphere, perks, and the lure of possible big money cashouts: everyone wants it! The software tools are sexy and…
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What does happiness at work mean?
An unscientifical and personal approach.
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Stop saying learning to code is easy
(The photo above was taken at the Microsoft NYC office of three amazing young ...
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Jumping Ship: Signs It's Time to Quit
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Things are going so well we’re doing a hiring freeze
Business has never been better at Basecamp. Despite all the competition, all the noise, and all the changes since we launched 14 years ago, 2017 was the year we earned the most revenue ever. While …
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What happened after I left my software engineering career (2022)
It’s been over a year since I wrote Fetch the Bolt Cutters. Or, as it was called in Technical.ly Philly,… Read more > What happened next
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A Modern App Developer and an Old-Timer System Developer Walk into a Bar
Note: Thanks for all the great comments and feedback here and on Hacker News . Please keep them coming. I learned a ton and I am sure others will also.
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Advice to young people, the lies I tell myself
Discover insightful advice for young people, emphasizing choices, confidence, and personal growth through lived experiences.
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Software Engineering Laws Everybody Loves to Ignore
Sure, we all pretend to know them, but rarely do we think they apply to us. Your manager certainly doesn't...
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Code review decision fatigue
Code review innocently asks a staggering question: “does this code look good to you?” It’s not even clear how to start to answer this question – which makes putting off code reviews easy.
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AI must RTFM: Why tech writers are becoming context curators
I’ve been noticing a trend among developers that use AI: they are increasingly writing and structuring docs in context …
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Build a Focus System for Better Work/Life Balance as a Web Developer
An unproductive day leads me to feel like I need to keep working. A focus system can help your days as a developer feel productive, freeing up your personal time for things you enjoy.
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Maximize value, not quantity
I was chatting with a manager who was once a PO on a team I coached many years ago. This is only my best memory of the conversation (I didn'...
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Day Rates (2023)
One year ago, I switched from charging project fees to day rates. It’s been transformative on lots of fronts. > Everything below comes with the following preface/caveat: > 1. There’s no univers…
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Software projects need heroes? lessons learned from 1100 projects
Reviewed by Greg Wilson / 2021-09-10 Keywords: Code Ownership , Software Projects
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Levels of Technical Leadership
This document describes why and how a tech company can offer a career path to its engineering technical leaders, that is, different tracks for “deep ICs” versus “broad ICs”. To motivate this evolution, we identify two separate pressure points: from the business, to grow an increasingly skilled and mature technical …
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Startup Equity For Employees
2020 PREFACE: I originally wrote this back in the mid-2000s and have resurrected it by request.
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Frances Hesselbein's leadership story (2022)
A life by example
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Why nobody hires junior developers and what happens next
While the number of job opportunities for software developer skyrockets together with salaries all around the world, fresh grads and junior developers struggle to even get invited for the interviews. Why does it happen and can we do anything about it?
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