Neil on Software
By Neil on Software
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Description
My unedited ramblings on random topics that I find fascinating about the software industry.
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Fireside Stories #20: That time I was told I must have known someone to get a job.
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Why Work Hard at Work?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Blizzard and StarCraft 2
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Entrepreneurialism
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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How to Migrate from a Legacy System
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Reality
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Cross Cutting Concerns
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Documentation
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Done
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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ChatGPT
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Happiness
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Crunch Culture
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Should I Quit My Current Job Before Getting a New Job?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Quiet Quitting
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Defining “Customer”- Part 2
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Good Types of Product People
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Crazy Ideas for a Better Future
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Defining “Customer”
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Contracting or Starting a Business
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Bean Bag Chairs, Ping-Pong Tables, and Skipping Meetings for Massages
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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The Future of Work
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Creativity
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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My Tech Stack
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May 12, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #19: That time Andrew told me I had to cowboy up.
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May 04, 2022 |
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Tech Debt
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May 04, 2022 |
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Pay
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Anxiety
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #18: That time I “wasn’t a good fit for the development team.”
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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MVC
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #17: That time I humbled an arrogant SVP.
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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MVP
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #16: That time I fired a client.
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Answering r/ExperiencedDevs Questions #2
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #15: That time I rage-quit a meeting discussing my proposal for saving a project.
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Career EDC
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #14: That time I got in trouble for critiquing code I did not write.
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Unionization
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #13: That time I was presented UI requirements so bad I was speechless.
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Opportunity
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #12: That time I witnessed a candidate get annihilated in an interview.
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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C.O.D.E. Pledge
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #11: That time I turned my antagonists against each other.
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Software’s Intrinsic Value
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #10: That time I lost my cool in the middle of a big meeting in front of the CTO.
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Reputation
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Fireside Stories #9: That time I was pretty sure I wrote software for the mob.
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Attention
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #8: That time I won over a hostile sales team.
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Monoliths and Microservices
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #7: That time I built a high-performing team and then management split us up.
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Learning
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #6: That time I realized a rockstar hire didn’t know how write software
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Managerial Styles
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #5: That time I was made a team lead over my mentor
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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The Great Resignation
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #4: That time I learned how to write high performance software
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Answering r/ExperiencedDevs Questions #1 (Bongoscout’s Question)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #3: That time I argued the necessity of a MacBook Pro with a billionaire founder
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Joy of Coding
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #2: That time I was schooled on how to really find bugs
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Cynicism
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Fireside Stories #1: That time I was disrespected by a QA contractor who didn’t know that I ran the whole project
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Hungarian Connection
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Anyone Can Code
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Social Media
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Accountability
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Bravery
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Mental Health Day
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Critical Thinking
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Procrastination
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Erik’s First Day
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Hiring
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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The Hustler Mindset
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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How a Tech Lead Should Leave a Company
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Churn
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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How to Take Over a Failing Software Project
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Thoughts on “The Fatal Flaw of Free Market Capitalism”
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Should Software Developers Return to the Office?
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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Should You Become a Manager?
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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Building a Software Development Career from a Third-World Country
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Building Relationships
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Remote Work’s Effect on American Innovation
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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How to Architect a Software Application
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Building and Leading a Technical Team
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Picking Technologies
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Imposter Syndrome
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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F-35
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May 27, 2021 |
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Correct by Configuration
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May 25, 2021 |
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Recession Proofing
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May 24, 2021 |
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Retaining Top Performers
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May 24, 2021 |
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Social Anxiety
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May 19, 2021 |
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Flipping a House vs. Building a Home
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May 05, 2021 |
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Professionalism
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May 03, 2021 |
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Interviewing the Interviewer
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Why Agile Is So Popular
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Frontend Developers
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Mentors
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Fear
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Bugs
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Security
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Politics
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Intuition and Ergonomics
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Agile
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Dealing with a Diva Developer
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Cyberpunk 2077
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Dave Whipple’s Wisdom
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Growth Mindsets
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Volkswagen vs. Tesla
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Ethics
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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The Architect’s Dilemma
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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ScrumMaster.games
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Laziness and Incompetence
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Employee Happiness
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Breaking Up Facebook
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Architecture’s Relationship to Business Outcomes
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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PSF: Previsualize, Sleep, Flow
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Improving Scrum
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Career Advice
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Is It Worth Learning to Be a Software Developer in 2020?
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Haters
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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My Perfect Business
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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CoffeeScript/Battojutsu
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Brainstorming/Stoicism
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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WiT
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Planting Seeds
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Code Consistency
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Atlanta
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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12 Types
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Timelines
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Generation Gaps
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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Capitalism
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Leadership
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Management
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Rewrites
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Breaks
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Architecture
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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My Goal
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Contact Tracing
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Intentional Design
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Gaslighting
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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DnI
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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10x
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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WFH
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May 28, 2020 |
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Remote and Junior
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May 27, 2020 |
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Coding Tests
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May 26, 2020 |
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Organizational Change
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May 20, 2020 |
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Agile’s Future
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May 19, 2020 |
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Arrogance
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May 18, 2020 |
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Quitting
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May 16, 2020 |
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Collaboration
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May 14, 2020 |
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Collective Ownership
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May 14, 2020 |
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Hackathons
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May 14, 2020 |