Non-Technical First, Break All the Rules - Book Review Recently I've been trying to read through the highlights reel of the best-regarded business books out there, and I intend to post occasional reviews. First... Like most business books, it's got a lot
Non-Technical How to make remote work........work! I love remote work. If you've been following this blog, you probably know this. Around 2 years ago, I decided to bend all my professional ambition into landing a job which would allow
Non-Technical A Hierarchy of Process Programmers hate corporate process. We are constantly fighting to simplify it. But in the course of fighting it, we are tempted to lose sight of how excessive process is not fundamentally a technical
Non-Technical America and class We understand that American society today is divided into four broad social classes. But while we acknowledge the existence of different classes on an intellectual level, it isn't something we notice on a
Non-Technical The Fable of Booles Programmers use the word "Boolean" on a daily basis. It's a term both for variables which can only have the values "True" or "False", as well as
Non-Technical Breaking the Career Glass Ceiling I've mentioned this before, but I'm a big fan of Eric Dietrich's blog. He focuses in particular on the topic of how developers can transition to becoming consultants. This post, in particular, struck
Technical The First Language In the last few years, I have had the privilege of helping a few different people get started in the world of programming It brings some questions into sharp focus. One of the
Non-Technical Would a Programmer by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? Its no secret that High-Tech is glorious field to be a part of right now. I confess, I tend to click on those click-baity listicles you see around with names like, "25
Non-Technical The Wandering Guru Phase It seems to me that when there's a new field of practice, it evolves through a few steps. By field of practice, I mean something very broad: Everything from Medicine to Astronomy to
Non-Technical 8 ways Anime is like Opera "Whaaaaaaaaaat?" you say. How are those two anything alike? Anime (aka, Japanese animation) is a bunch of weirdo cartoons for basement-dwelling nerds, and opera is a highbrow hoighty-toighty zooty-snooty aristocratic art!
Non-Technical Bug-Free Software for the Non-Programmer Discussing a well written article from the Atlantic, about the problems in the software world and how better tooling could solve them
Non-Technical How Dilbert Changed Our Office Spaces Dilbert is responsible for changing the face of corporate offices. He created a generation of children who spent years reading the Sunday funnies, all the while wondering if Dad's career could possibly be
Non-Technical Christmas Omake Merry Christmas, dear reader! I'm taking a brief blogging hiatus for Christmas, and I'll be back to publishing on techy topics after New Years! May God bless you and your family this joyous
Non-Technical Millenials, Entitlement, and Job Hopping Young folks in their early twenties trying to dig their way into the job market often experience their first real-life Catch-22. If you scan any list of job postings, you will realize that
Technical Blogifesto I feel like I arrived in the field of software engineering at the twilight of an era. Let me explain: I arrived on the job market not too many years ago, with an
