chester_the_dog

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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
The problem is not that some managers think that it’s OK for software engineers to be interrupted frequently. The problem is that some managers think that frequently interrupting software engineers is a feature of startup culture. I once
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Mathematician James Glimm may have solved the Poincare Conjecture(palladiummag.com)
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
Whether it’s good or bad for business, the practice of layoffs is becoming more widely accepted. This can serve as a reminder to employees not to become complacent, which is one reason that companies do it. An unfortunate consequence is t
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
I would add: "It is natural for projects to appear to progress quickly at the beginning of the development cycle, since developers will seek out assignments that they understand. At some point there will be assignments that are more c
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
My father worked at the central branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. He told me that Pynchon did research at library, and that the librarians knew who he was but respected his privacy. Similarly, I was also told by an employee o
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
I recently worked for a startup where I consistently out-performed software engineers who were decades younger than me. I was often asked to finish other engineer’s assignments when they got stuck, and to find and fix difficult bugs f
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
You don't get to be head chef by being the best dishwasher.
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
This strategy can lead to career stagnation. Good software engineers should be willing to accept unpleasant assignments, like analyzing and fixing bugs under pressure. Fixing bugs in other people’s code be difficult and stressful, especi
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by chester_the_dog 4y ago
I worked at a company where the scrum master told us that a story point had to be a fibonacci number. Has anyone heard of this? The original Agile Manifesto demonstrates the collective wisdom of people who have written a lot of