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A Day in The Life of a Software Engineer
Reading Time: 6 minutesMeet Bolbo. Bolbo is the name of my mental framework for the quintessential software developer. I draw it with a square jaw, black messy hair, round glasses, a cynical sense of humor and a snarky attitude. He doesn’t exist in the flesh, he never did and never will. He is…
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Doodle Tuesday: Pi Roots
Reading Time: 1 minuteI recently spent three days at my company strategic offsite. It was an amazing time during which I had the honor to discuss the company’s plans for the future with a group of super smart and accomplished people. At the very beginning of the offsite the moderator asked us to…
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9 Software Engineering Career Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs
Reading Time: 7 minutesTaking risks and making mistakes is part of the learning path to greatness. Failing quickly and often is a hallmark of success. Nevertheless, aiming to avoid making the same mistake more than once should be somewhere high on your priority list. Personal experience is the most powerful way to learn….
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Doodle Tuesday: Two Pages
Reading Time: 1 minuteThis week I am publishing a messy two full pages doodle from January 2015. You can click on it to zoom it. Click on it to see it larger.
11 Books All Software Engineers Must Read
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen I started coding back in 1984, there wasn’t much literature available to guide me on my learning path. One of my issues was that I was in Italy and I didn’t know a word of English. It is possible that there were books available in English, but the selection…
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Software Engineering Job Titles Explained
Reading Time: 4 minutesRanks in software engineering are defined by job titles that vary from company to company and are meant to offer a clear career ladder. The landscape can be confusing. There are no industry standards for what each title means. The same title might mean something completely different in different organizations….
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19 Types of Developers Explained
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe software development landscape changes constantly. New areas of specialization, technologies, and methodologies pop into existence every few months, forged by the relentless innovation of the software industry. With it, terms to describe specialized types of developers become part of the unofficial industry lingo and show up in job ads and…
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Charlottesville and a dark Doodle Tuesday
Reading Time: 1 minuteA dark doodle for a dark moment. Today’s Doodle Tuesday is dark. I drew it about a year ago, but it is appropriate after this long and tragic weekend. I spent it watching the news and tweets about the events in Charlottesville. I spent it looking at the photos and videos of…
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How Google Leadership Failed Women in Tech
Reading Time: 4 minutesGoogle loves a good pedigree. James Damore, the developer at the center of the huge anti-diversity manifesto controversy that got him fired from Google, is an educated person with a solid academic pedigree. According to his LinkedIn profile, he holds a BS in Molecular Biology, Physics and Chemistry from the…
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Culture Wars, Politics, and Diversity in Silicon Valley
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe {culture wars, politics, and diversity} soup. I have come across an article in the New York Times titled “The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley.” The author – Nick Wingfield – in 24 words goes from talking about James Damore, the Google employee who was recently fired for…
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