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How Do You Know a Developer Is Doing a Good Job?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Do Programming Languages Matter?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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How Do You Know a Developer Is Doing a Good Job?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Do Programming Languages Matter?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Should You Hire a Bootcamp Graduate?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Do programming languages matter?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Software Developers Should Have Sysadmin Experience(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Follow up on developers who make negative contributions(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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by beekums 10y ago
> And whatever you do, don't impose onerous procedures on all of your devs because one of them screws up on a regular basis! This is a really important point. Creating processes for the lowest common denominator just stifles every
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by beekums 10y ago
Agreed. The article mentions influential developers like this who are stuck in the past.
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by beekums 10y ago
I feel like whiteboarding is really essential when talking about how code should be written, but most whiteboard tests are about writing code on the whiteboard. There's a big difference between the two activities.
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Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work(blog.professorbeekums.com)
255 points by beekums 10y ago|259 comments
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Should You Hire a Bootcamp Graduate?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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We need better interviews for developers(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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by beekums 10y ago
This exactly nails the point in the article about checklists and how you can't really create effective quantitative metrics for developers.
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by beekums 10y ago
I agree with the other comment that you should probably talk to your manager about getting a promotion if you haven't. Networking is also not an insignificant thing. You may want to take those events your boss takes you to a little mor
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What Makes a Senior Software Developer?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
536 points by beekums 10y ago|238 comments
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Ask HN: What did you wish you knew before you partnered with a developer?
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Should You Hire a Bootcamp Graduate?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Misconceptions About Agile Software Development(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Should You Hire a Bootcamp Graduate?(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Code Reviews Are Awesome Sometimes(blog.professorbeekums.com)
2 points by beekums 10y ago|2 comments
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by beekums 10y ago
I wish I was that talented. One of my friends is an incredible artist and I asked her to make those for me.
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by beekums 10y ago
I'm sorry you hate the avatar! I get lots of mixed feedback about it, but overall the feedback has been positive. I accept that I can't make everyone happy unfortunately. I am trying to avoid walls of text, but I think it is an un
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by beekums 10y ago
Your point on evidence is dead on. This is an entirely anecdotal piece which is why I titled it "Programming Has Changed My Life" rather than "Programming Can Change Your Life Too". The latter claim requires a lot more r
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Programming Has Changed My Life(blog.professorbeekums.com)
139 points by beekums 10y ago|39 comments
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A Programmer's Attempt at UX Design(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Balancing the Desire to Under-Engineer and Over-Engineer(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Hiring Software Developers When You Are Not One(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Podcast on infrastructure maintenance but also applies to software maintenance(freakonomics.com)
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