Since switching the reader question responses to Tuesdays, I don’t blog on Mondays. Today I’m going to make an exception to write sort of a meta-post. Categorizing it as an “announcement” would be a little too grandiose. Instead, it’s kind of an explanation for my regular readers and something that I may link back to…
I’ve had sort of a hate-hate relationship throughout my career with the title of junior developer. Wait, that’s too nuanced. Remove the “sort of” — I’ve just had a hate-hate relationship with the term. This isn’t a job title you should accept, unless you have your back against the wall. A prospective employer might say…
How do you measure the progress of software careers? I don’t mean rhetorically — give it some thought. As a software developer working your way through the workforce, subconsciously optimizing for AMP, how do you evaluate yourself? I can think of some things that probably flash into your head: Salary (AMP notwithstanding). The modifier attached…
As I mentioned last Friday, I’ve lost track of the number of folks who have shared Michael Lynch’s piece about quitting Google with me. I suppose I should expect that, since I often rail against hiring practices that people associate with Google and similar companies. This includes the titular whiteboard interviews, of course. And, for…
Is software development a craft? I think this might be a decently long post, so let’s come back to that, to journeyman idealists, and to some of the finer points of what counts as “software craftsmanship” a little later. Before that, please indulge me in story time. Or, backstory time, as it were. About 7…
