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  • Stop saying Tech Debt

    23 Jul 2023

    If you gave two options to someone who cared about business outcomes, about what they could have, which do you…

  • Hiring advice for bootcamp graduates

    12 Aug 2021

    I’m currently trying to hire as many software engineers as I can, and more and more I’m seeing applications from…

  • Corporate values as memes

    14 Feb 2021

    This is perhaps only my second, and hopefully final, time where I play futurist. I’m going to argue that memes…

  • Are you happy?

    25 Jun 2017

    A thought experiment occurred to me which looks to answer the question, “Are you happy?”   In a science fiction…

  • Death By A Million Cuts

    23 Mar 2014

    Individuals within the software development community are in one of two states. One believes that there is a deep rooted…

  • The Future of Education

    27 Jul 2013

    Education is changing in a big way. Whether you’re still in the education system or someday going to have children…

  • Expert or Generalist?

    24 Jun 2013

    “My Name is Karl, Ich Bin Expert”   I don’t quote Karl Hungus lightly. When I began this blog back…

  • Curiosity Killed The Productivity

    9 May 2013

    “Where is that drip coming from?”   Recently while in the staff kitchen, waiting a few minutes for my mug…

  • Becoming a Web Developer

    20 Nov 2012

    “[Stanford’s] students come out, and they believe that C and C++ are the fabric with which God wove the Universe.…

  • Failure and Unfair Comparisons

    16 Oct 2012

    I have failed. Earlier this spring when I rejoined the world of the working I pledged to continue the blog…

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