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by henrik_w 11y ago
Good post! I completely agree that programming is very creative. Fred Brooks said it really well in "The Mythical Man-Month" I think: The delight of working in such a tractable medium. The programmer, like the poet, works only sl
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Learning from Your Bugs(henrikwarne.com)
60 points by henrik_w 11y ago|12 comments
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A founder’s guide to making your first recruiting hire(blog.alinelerner.com)
2 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
+1 for the old reader - works well for me too.
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Global giants are shifting business away from Indian IT companies. Here's why(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
3 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I only recently found Dan Luu's blog (from the excellent Google SRE book review and the "We only hire the trendiest" posts), and really like it. Of the listed blogs, I have previously read Steve Yegge, Eli Bendersky and Yossi
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Point taken. Thanks for your feedback.
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by henrik_w 11y ago
My experience: M.Sc. in Computer Science, worked for 5 years in industry, went back to do a Ph.D. but quit after 1 year. I liked industry much better than doing a Ph.D., even though I loved all the subjects I studied at university. More det
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Maybe my experience isn't typical, but working as a SW developer gives me a lot of autonomy, even if am "just implementing features". First off, the requirements are "what should happen", not "how it should be
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by henrik_w 11y ago
My experience is that it is much easier to get on the front page of reddit (specifically reddit/r/programming, aka Proggit). As I am writing this, my submission from earlier today there is at number 2 [1] - the same submission t
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More Good Programming Quotes(henrikwarne.com)
7 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Coding is not enough, we need smarter skills(ft.com)
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Spotify's Swedish Lament Deserves a Hearing(bloombergview.com)
2 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
"Saying no is so powerful and it isn't something you can easily learn and just stick with - you have to remind yourself it's OK to to say no every day" I am almost finished reading "The Power of a Positive No"
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by henrik_w 11y ago
FWIW, I've only read Ghost in the Wire, but all he admits to there is that he broke into systems and download the source code för various systems. Nothing destructive, nothing he made any money off. (the book is great, by the way, high
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Talking about Kevin Minnick, I can really recommend his book Ghost in the Wires, both for the story and the numerous great examples of social engineering https://henrikwarne.com/2015/12/27/social-engineering-f
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The Wisdom of Programming Quotes(henrikwarne.com)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I did an MSc in computer science, and after that I had worked as a professional programmer for about 20 years when I started taking the courses.
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I've taken several Coursera courses all the way since the beginning. My general impression is that the quality has gone down. Personally, I don't care about the certificates. I think a much better way to demonstrate that you have
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The Panama papers – A torrential leak(economist.com)
3 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I thought that "Why We Get Fat" was pretty interesting. It argues that sugar, not fat, is the reason. http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307474259/
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Software that becomes "bloated" is software that is successful and in use. Typically, the users want more and more functionality, because they use the system for more and more. This is not bad. Software that is not used (for what
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Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English(github.com)
314 points by henrik_w 11y ago|216 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
In my view, programmer scores very high in the criteria mentioned: it's creative, non-repeating (to a degree) and collaborative in nature. It also pays well, and is in demand and pretty future proof. http://henrikwarne.com&#
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by henrik_w 11y ago
It didn't take me 30 years, only 15, but I did develop problems - RSI in my arms. Luckily, it recovered, but it took a lot of effort: http://henrikwarne.com/2012/02/18/how-i-beat-rsi/
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by henrik_w 11y ago
So true! I've been programming professionally for 25 years, still love it! http://henrikwarne.com/2012/06/02/why-i-love-coding/ Also, it's easy to forget that being a SW developer today has a l
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The three secrets to building your startup the Swedish way(medium.com)
4 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I love reading "lessons learned" type posts. The ones I like best here are: #5 Architects make the best decisions when they code. Amen. #10 Appreciate that everyone has different strengths - that's how a team becomes more th
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Programmers will be the last to be automated out of a job in my opinion. Also, as far as I can tell, the more we do with programs, the more we want to do, which increases demand. Outsourcing seemed like a problem, by my experience is that
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Want to Code? A University Degree Might Be a Huge Waste of Time(medium.com)
3 points by henrik_w 11y ago|1 comments

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