In the final part of this series on the world of work, we’ll talk about how not to suck at meetings.
All tagged code for your life
People skills for developers
In the second part of this series on career skills for software engineers, we’ll look at how to deal with that trickiest of species: human beings.
You can do this: surviving day one
It’s day one of your new job as a developer. What should you expect? How should you act? Will you survive “max Q“?
The gentle art of code review
Could we give and receive code reviews with kindness, gentleness, humility, and compassion? Can we make a point without making an enemy? Let’s go line by line.
A career ending mistake
As software engineers, we're constantly making detailed, elaborate plans for computers to execute. Isn't it weird that we rarely give a moment's thought to the program for our own careers?
Tips for Time Lords
Being a Time Lord isn't about which planet you're born on, or whether you can regenerate. You don't even need a sonic screwdriver. All you need to do is think effectively, and do the right things, in the right way, at the right time. Here’s how.