Before you get any ideas, this isn’t about Amway; I’m not going to follow “how to quit your job” with an ellipsis and then a bunch of promises about how you can make a 7 figure income emailing pictures of cats to people. In fact, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or…
A while ago Scott Hanselman wrote a post about “paralysis by analysis” which I found to be an interesting read. His blog is a treasure trove of not only technical information but also posts that humanize the developer experience, such as one of my all time favorites. In this particular post, he quoted a stack overflow…
Persuasion tends to happen at the micro-level, in terms of information volume and breadth. For instance, if I explain that I use “var x = 6” instead of “int x = 6” because a productivity add-in squawks if I don’t, you’re likely to be swayed if you find my case persuasive. If, instead, I explain…
The Courtship There’s nothing like the beginning of a job search. It’s often born out of a time of transition or frustration, and perhaps uncertainty and worry, but no matter how it starts, there’s a rush and glow as you start to peruse the jobs that are out there. Why do you feel a rush…
The blog has been quiet for the last 10 days or so and that’s because, as I mentioned previously, I was heading off on vacation. We had a good time; a few days in Seattle, a brief stop in Vancouver, and then a cruise along the Inner Passage of Alaska, where we stopped in a…
