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by bwh2 5y ago
I read +50 books/yr and I use highlighting to help me retain the most material. Highlights help in so many ways: they are physically attached to the material, it gamifies the reading process as you chase the next highlight, and you can
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by bwh2 5y ago
I have about 100 software related book notes on my website that might help you: https://www.briansnotes.io/books/?sort=rating
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by bwh2 5y ago
Start taking on the role of tech lead, where you are still an individual contributor but demonstrating project management capabilities of increasing complexity. For more on this topic, read The Manager's Path.
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by bwh2 5y ago
In my experience frequent deployments increase system reliability and stability because those teams are decreasing mean time to recovery, leverage more automated testing, have better monitoring, and have less manual/error-prone process
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by bwh2 5y ago
I started a company like this and ran it for 2y. I spent most of my time doing sales and client management, not building or designing. Read The E-Myth Revisited for an idea of the underlying issue of being a technician vs. business owner. T
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by bwh2 5y ago
Peopleware, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Difficult Conversations, On Writing Well
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by bwh2 5y ago
If you're more interested in team performance metrics, read Accelerate. The primary metrics from Accelerate that I use are Deployment Frequency and Lead Time.
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by bwh2 5y ago
TrainHeroic: Strength and conditioning app for coaches and athletes * Senior Software Engineer * Denver/Boulder, Colorado * https://www.trainheroic.com/engineering/jobs.html
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by bwh2 5y ago
The book Difficult Conversations is geared toward interactions with other people, but I think the lessons are also valuable for understanding your own mental state and behaviors.
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by bwh2 5y ago
I also enjoyed: * Release It! by Michael Nygard * System Design Interview by Alex Xu
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by bwh2 5y ago
TrainHeroic: Strength and conditioning app for coaches and athletes * Senior Software Engineer * Denver/Boulder, Colorado * https://www.trainheroic.com/engineering/jobs.html
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by bwh2 5y ago
As a hobby I post my software engineering book notes online, adding 1-2 books each week: https://www.briansnotes.io/books/?sort=rating
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by bwh2 5y ago
Software is becoming more complex and sticking around longer which increases our expectations for candidates. Meanwhile many organizations have near zero ability to train and onboard junior level candidates and those that do see them leave
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by bwh2 5y ago
Reading Coders at Work, I discovered that even legends like Donald Knuth, Peter Norvig, and Ken Thompson rely on print statements for debugging.
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by bwh2 5y ago
There's No Speed Limit by Derek Sivers: https://sive.rs/kimo
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by bwh2 5y ago
Reading Coders at Work surprised me because this question was explicitly asked and each person interviewed basically said math is not very important, that the ability to write prose is more important.
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by bwh2 5y ago
Just ask your new company to push your start date back one week so you can take a vacation and come in feeling fresh.
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by bwh2 5y ago
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix, which has 4 quadrants with intersections of urgent and important.
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by bwh2 5y ago
I feel joy optimizing performance on a simple HTML and SCSS/CSS site. Removing every unnecessary bit of data transfer. Cutting all dependencies. Shrinking images. Just making the thing blazing fast.
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by bwh2 5y ago
More specifically, I would ask if time to hire offshore developers is a perceived existing problem? As a hiring manager, I already assume that I can get offshore developers started immediately if I want them - I just reply to any of the h
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Ask HN: Anybody Else Leaving Bitbucket?
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by bwh2 5y ago
My hunch is that some companies are posting lower ranges because current employees can also see the posted range. But like housing prices in CO, I suspect another factor is that prices are increasing rapidly so nobody has a great handle on
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by bwh2 5y ago
Hiring manager in CO here, watching salary ranges that get posted and having discussed it with more informed people on the HR side. Here's what I've been seeing: * Yes, plenty of companies posting a lower range than they are willi
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by bwh2 5y ago
It sounds like you need to learn how to write testable code. For that, I would suggest two books: Working Effectively With Legacy Code and Clean Architecture.
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by bwh2 5y ago
Low cost index funds provided a 16% return in 2020 and require nearly zero effort.
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by bwh2 5y ago
I was in a similar position and the book Rediscovering JavaScript helped me understand syntax and structural changes, which made learning about new frameworks and tools easier.
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by bwh2 5y ago
Read Code Complete and Clean Architecture, then start incorporating those tactics and concepts into your own projects.
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by bwh2 5y ago
Good project managers turn chaos into clarity.
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by bwh2 5y ago
I don't speed read, but here's how I read faster (+50 books/yr): * Read more. I find myself subvocalizing more when reading about new topics and less with familiar topics. The more you read, the more recurring themes you find
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by bwh2 5y ago
I enjoyed these books: * Strategy Rules * How Google Works * Founders at Work

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