You can’t fix diversity in tech without fixing the technical interview
Hiring is broken. A brief history of technical interviewing, look at where things standa today, and what can be done.
Hiring is broken. A brief history of technical interviewing, look at where things standa today, and what can be done.
Transitions: Long time digital advocate, security researcher, and developer Jacob Appelbaum...
I was talking to a former student when he brought up an article written by a well-seasoned programmer regretting his choice of career. This fellow had rejec...
I remember the first time I had to write one of these puppies. I had just been promoted to manager at Yahoo back in 2000, and was running a small team. I was told to “write a status email covering …
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If I could do it all over again, here is what I would do differently.
A week ago I saw an article on Hacker News titled – What’s awful about being a {software engineer, tech lead, manager}?. The article was spot on and it got a lot of attention. It also left me feeling…
Many people will disagree with this post, not so much because it's flat out wrong but because there are so many different approaches one can take. It's a very subjective realm but I'm going to put forward some suggestions, make some considered arguments and leave it at
Everyone knows they should pick their battles, but how do you decide when? Here are 3 questions for figuring out when to push back and when to let it be.
Dash provides instant offline access to 200+ API documentation sets, code snippets, and cheat sheets. Features MCP support for AI integration with Claude and other AI agents.
One day in January 2013 I found myself wasting time on the internet.
Today—April 3, 2016—marks the tenth anniversary of the day I started working at Mozilla as a writer on the Mozilla Developer Center project (now, of course, the Mozilla Developer Network or MDN). T…
This is Part Two in a three-part series examining how to become a data scientist. Supported by extensive research and expert opinions, it aims to provide a comprehensive guide to anyone looking to move into this field, irrespective of background and experience. The topic of Part Two is: "Learning".
Posts from the old antjanus.com blog (2012–2020), rebuilt from the Wayback Machine.
How far is too far when it comes to including people with different beliefs?
Over the last couple years, I’ve seen more and more people in technology trying to make government work better. They’re idealists who are also making a large impact. These are people th…
I remember the first time I started to feel insecure as a web developer or even generally as a professional in any field. I was asked to…
I’ve been at ThoughtWorks for 12 years. Who would have imagined? Instead of writing about my reflections on the past year, I thought I would do something different and post twelve key learnings and observations looking back over my career. I have chosen twelve, not because there are only twelve, but because it fits…
If you write code, you know that you’re more than a list of places where you worked or went to school. However you got to where you are now, what should matter is what you’ve built, and what you can do. Whether you're currently looking for new opportunities or not — and whether you're active on Stack Overflow or not …