Life In Software Engineering, Careers in Tech, Leadership, Engineering Culture.
Reading Time: 6 minutesSoftware Engineers and Emotional Intelligence Software Engineers are rarely associated to Emotional Intelligence (EI). They are often seen as introverts who tend to focus inwards rather than outwards. That stereotype is due to the fact that developers often start by learning to code in isolation. That leads to associating coding…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesAdobe is pulling the plug After a long history of security troubles, Adobe finally gave up. Yesterday, July 25th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the world found out when Flash will be officially no more: End of 2020. In a historic joint announcement, Adobe, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, Apple,…
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Reading Time: 1 minuteOne of the recurring themes in my meeting doodles is what I call “sculptural images.” A sculptural image is a drawing of something that resembles a sculpture on a pedestal. This Doodle Tuesday I am publishing a sculptural image from 2014.
Reading Time: 7 minutesCoding is a form of art, and artists are very attached to their pieces. That visceral attachment is what makes programmers passionate and intense. That can be a good thing, but it can also lead to problems. Unless the entire development organization has only one or two developers, individual code…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen you send your resume to apply for a software engineering job, you should avoid making blunders that can send your hopes straight into the trash bin. Here is a list of the top 11 mistakes that I have seen over and over again. Using too many words. Hiring managers…
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Reading Time: 1 minuteI doodled this tangle of shapes during a discussion around Service Oriented Architectures, and how to split services into small functional units defined by the data they own.
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Reading Time: 1 minuteThis is the first CoderHood Index infographic. It shows the hottest computer languages based on the Job Markert for ads posted on ZipRecruiter and Indeed as of July 2017. Feel free to download and re-post this infographic on your website or blog. The only thing I ask in return is…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesDo I Need a CS Degree? I can’t count how often I was asked this question over the years. The short answer is “no.” You do not need a CS degree to have a prosperous career in tech. It is important, however, to have some solid CS fundamentals. A CS…
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Reading Time: 1 minuteDoodling is freedom of expression, and there are absolutely no rules. This Tuesday’s doodle is a small and simple one, in two colors. Sometimes, less is more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is culture? If a company were a person, its culture would be the inner dialog, character, personality, values, dreams, and mood of the individual. Culture is hard to define because is not one single thing, but the interaction of many different aspects that are often in competition and balance…
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