Time for some unsolicited advice from my world of independent contracting. The recruiter noise gets really loud near Kafka and near-deafening at AWS. Apart from that, I thought it was interesting that not much has changed with companies seeking talented developers. The ones that matter, in my opinion, still prefer talent over skill. But still,Continue reading “Scoping for Clients in a COVID-19 Summer”
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The Myth of the Dispensable Programmer
Knowledge withholding may seem obsolete in an age of competitive open source collaboration, but the mindset lives on. We’ve all seen this developer persona at some point in our careers: the rock star developer who is ever so reticent to share details of the work they do. You ask them to share a diagram documenting system interactions.Continue reading “The Myth of the Dispensable Programmer”
Stackoverflow.com Overflow
You know you’ve done it before. You encounter an issue during your development cycle… no, no, better… during the second half of an uneventful Friday on the cusp of a bright and sunny weekend bursting with promises of R&R. So you want a fix… FAST! You google with the tightest permutation of error keywords. A stackoverflow.com postContinue reading “Stackoverflow.com Overflow”
Braving That Interview
It never fails. Techie job seekers often equate preparing for an interview with immersing themselves in technologies and frameworks they’ve never used. DON’T DO IT! I’ve been there too, and it can be a fairly unpleasant aspect of what ought to be an otherwise pleasant search for a suitable next engagement. Remember: you’re a programmer… aContinue reading “Braving That Interview”
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