This reading will take a while... First stop: open allocation. You're fucked if you don't have it. Quora: What is Open Allocation? http://www.quora.com/Softwa

This reading will take a while... First stop: open allocation. You're fucked if you don't have it. Quora: What is Open Allocation? http://www.quora.com/Software-Development-Methodologies/What-is-Open-Allocation http://www.quora.com/Software-Development-Methodologies/What... Tech companies: Open allocation is your only real option: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/tech-companies-open-allocation-is-your-only-real-option/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/tech-companie... Don't look now, but Valve just humiliated your corporate culture: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/dont-look-now-but-valve-just-humiliated-your-corporate-culture/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/dont-look-now... Required reading on motivation: What Programmers Want: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/what-programmers-want/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/what-programm... A bit on performance management: Flow, ownership and insubordination (plus DFA): http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/flow-ownership-and-insubordination-plus-d-f-a/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/flow-ownershi... Semi-orthogonal industry stuff: Functional programs rarely rot: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/functional-programs-rarely-rot/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/functional-pr... The software career and the Second Design Paradox: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/the-software-career-and-the-second-design-paradox/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/the-software-... Java shop politics: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/java-shop-politics/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/java-shop-pol... (I should have named this, "big program politics". There's nothing wrong with Java itself, though I dislike OO.) Six languages to master: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/six-languages-to-master/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/six-languages... Things to avoid: Fundamental subordinate dishonesty: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/fundamental-subordinate-dishonesty/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/fundamental-s... The unbearable B-ness of software: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/the-unbearable-b-ness-of-software/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/the-unbearabl... Fourth quadrant work: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/fourth-quadrant-work/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/fourth-quadra... No, idiot. Discomfort Is Bad: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/no-idiot-discomfort-is-bad/ http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/no-idiot-disc...