I used to write software for a living. I did that for a lot of years, as a matter of fact. And, in doing so, I learned a lot about how to write software. But I learned this from the perspective of, well, a wage software developer. Today, I’d like to reflect on how my…
Last night (this morning), I clicked “publish” at about 3 AM and went to bed. Now, those of you who follow this blog probably assume that I clicked “publish” in WordPress, firing off a 3 AM blog post. Not so. I did this in Visual Studio, where I published a little web app called El…
Not long ago, I wrote a post about that one, “top” software engineer role that companies don’t hire directly into. I’m going to pick up where I left off there. For a quick recap, recall the diagram I made (and my wife kindly GIF-ified for me). In red, you have the positions that a company…
“What about the principal consultant role?” “Oh, we don’t hire into that position.” This exchange occurred over 6 years ago. At the time, I was interviewing for a role with a consulting agency (or something calling itself that, anyway). They had four salary bands for their developer/consultants, and shooting for the top wasn’t out of…
From time to time in your life, you probably need to reach out to someone. This might be someone you barely know or used to know. It might be a complete stranger. But if you’re reaching out to them, it’s probably because you want something or need something. And if they don’t know you very…
