I’m going to take a break from my aggressive war on status quo wage programming jobs today. Instead, I’ll offer something a little more how-to-y and a little more upbeat. And I won’t once try to talk you out of salaried employment. Instead, I’ll try to talk you into it. Or, at least into a…
I think I’m going to start a new series of posts, with this as the first. Leading up to and in my book, I talked a lot about organizational politics. But I haven’t done that as much since. I’d like to start in on that a little again, and I’ll start with the tech lead…
Ah, the exit interview. If you’ve had this experience, the first one probably arose in confusing fashion. You put in your notice and the team scheduled your goodbye lunch. At someone point, HR put a meeting request on your calendar that prompted you to say, “an exit what — what is this?” And then you…
Editorial note: I originally wrote this post for the Stackify blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, check out their products that help you wrangle production issues in a hurry. The world of professional programming produces some pretty intense debates. For example, take a look at discussions about…
Editorial note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, download a trial of NDepend and take it for a spin; you can try it for free. In most shops of any size, you’ll find a person that’s just a little too…
