Life In Software Engineering, Careers in Tech, Leadership, Engineering Culture.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis entry is part 4 of 8 in the series principles Let’s play make-believe. You are in a meeting with several people; each of them is an expert in different facets of the topic. The discussion is strategically important, stakes are high, but you realize that some aspects of what…
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Reading Time: 1 minuteI made this doodle during a very important discussion about “mistakes to avoid”. I replaced the text of my notes with a Lorem ipsum, but left the doodle-decoration.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLogical fallacies and their ugly heads Logical fallacies will show their ugly head in dialog during your career in tech, and life in general. Do not let that go! It will distort reality and introduce contradictions to supposedly logical arguments. People regularly repeat phrases and quotes as unquestionable truths, because some famous…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesHiring great tech talent is the foundation for strong teams. The importance of fine-tuning the interview process and the quality of the interview loops should be of great concern for all hiring managers and organizations. Screening candidates is a very important aspect of any interview. In a world where a full technical…
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Reading Time: 5 minutesPassion is what drives engineers People land in the software engineering world for many reasons. Passion for technology is almost always on that list. Technology changes constantly, and coders have to learn new languages, frameworks, libraries, tools, and methodologies, consistently throughout their careers. The energy that pushed engineers to learn throughout…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesBelieve it or not, meetings in tech are work. Mostly left-brain work; unless you doodle. My schedule is normally packed like a dishwasher after Thanksgiving dinner, and much of my time is spent in meetings. Important meetings. I do not accept meetings that have no agenda, meetings where I cannot bring value…
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Reading Time: 8 minutes“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” ~ Cyril Northcote Parkinson This post assumes that you are familiar with Scrum, and the concept of sprint. If you are not, you’ll find some excellent books on the topic. One that i recommend is One of the acutest sources…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe realization that the world needs more women in tech A few years ago, I observed my daughter become interested in technology and coding. I bought her a , and she started learning Python. She also signed up for some Java development classes at DigiPen. She naturally gravitated toward programming because she wanted to work…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThis entry is part 6 of 8 in the series principlesIn the tech world, it is hard work to craft strategies. We rarely have all the needed information; we don’t know what will happen in the future, and everything changes all the time. Despite the difficulty, we need to decide…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThis entry is part 3 of 8 in the series principlesOur lives are full of facts that we have to presume true. If we tried to verify every single truth, we would end up paralyzed, constantly checking and re-checking everything, like a mental patient with a debilitating case of OCD….
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