I think this is about to get weird, but bear with me, if you’re so inclined. This is going to be another one of those posts in which I try to explain myself by way of a vague apology for my abnormality. But maybe if enough of you are similarly abnormal, it’ll gain a little…
A few weeks ago, I posted my spin on the MacLeod Hierarchy and promised to follow up with a post addressing the kind of vacuous, non-strategic career advice that is often given in Buzzfeed sorts of formats. I started, then, to type this post, but realized that a bridge of sorts was needed. So I indulged…
Do you remember your early days of software development in a team setting? If you do, and you’re anything like me, you’ll have awkward memories of trying too hard. Eager to show that you were ready for a seat at the big kids’ table, you’d dive into new assignments with the sort of over-eager attitude…
Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Cassius walk into a bar, and the bartender asks them what they’ll have. “3 beers!” Caesar proclaims. “2 beers,” whispers Cassius. Because I’m not a historian, I have the luxury of making spurious historical arguments that suit my purpose. I can even bring in Star Wars if I…
public ActiveProduct(Product product, StringVersion driver, Side es) { Side = es; try { if (product == null) throw new Exception(“Can’t create an active product from a null product”); Logger.LogTimeStudyStart(“ActiveProduct create”); if (driver.IsEmpty()) CurrentDriver = product.Driver; else CurrentDriver = driver; _Device = Session.Instance.DeviceManager.CreateHI(es, CurrentDriver.ToString()); _Device.ConnectionStatus += Device_ConnectionStatus; _Device.BatteryStatus += Device_BatteryStatus; } catch (Exception ex) { ExceptionHandler.HandleException(ex);…
