You hear, and most act upon, the advice to “learn all you can and improve your weaknesses.” Traditional education focuses on being well-rounded and not having any major knowledge gaps, so we get used to pushing through learning things we
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You Get No Credit for Talking
Most of my career has been spent working for companies with less than fifty people. My consulting career had me working with much larger companies often, and many of the stereotypes about big vs. small are true: At a small
Reductio ad absurdum of LinkedIn endorsements
John Lewis endorsed you for Inventory Management and Leadership John Lewis endorsed you for Being Able to Help His Career and Always Being Nice to Him in the Breakroom When You Used to Work Together John Lewis endorsed you for
Companies that support remote workers win against those that don't
Years ago my boss asked if I could use a remote support developer in Europe for off-hours support of a critical system that processed data throughout the day. He said that they had a sharp technical resource there who had
5 minute book review: Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass is a fascinating little change of pace that I just finished reading. It was written by an academic-type (i.e. he may have a beard that he rubs while he
Vetting specialized developer experience
Let’s say your job today is to find people to work on a project that uses a crazy-cool-man-I-can’t-wait-to-show-my-old-high-school-girlfriend technology. Since everyone wants to try something new, improve their resume architecture, and dominate buzzword bingo you find
Questions to ask in an interview
The questions you ask in a job interview are important. They reveal your level of experience, ability to form complete sentences, how much you were actually listening, passion level, and how seriously you take committing to an organization. While the
How to complain
Let’s talk about one of the ills facing any group of people who are passionate about their work – ‘complaining about how bad things are’. I’ll list some personal do’s and don&