jqcoffey

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by jqcoffey 8y ago
A quick scan through the comments and I was surprised that no one referenced the No Silver Bullet essay[0]. From where I sit I find that the Cambrian explosion of frameworks, systems and methodologies is causing us to regress in terms of pr
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by jqcoffey 8y ago
> You will learn a lot about a very narrow area. Working in a small company gives you a much broader experience, both of the technology and business. I think this is a reasonable generalization, though organizations can fight this tenden
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by jqcoffey 8y ago
I do know who he is. I just chose to refer to him as the author ;).
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by jqcoffey 8y ago
Thanks! And in rereading with your comment in mind I should probably have moderated my "learns more," to something more like, "learns different things, but not necessarily less."
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by jqcoffey 8y ago
omg, yes and yes! Large companies should assume the fact that they're large and maintenance engineers are my heroes. These folks are in the hardest spot in large orgs because they perform hidden feats of heroics all the time, yet the
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by jqcoffey 8y ago
So I'm a manager in a large engineering org (~600 devs) and I've managed from 2 (and was therefore an IC) to ~40 people. I can definitely relate to this blog post and if the author's intent is to say that working in small gr
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'Silicon cowboys': The underdog story of personal computing (2016) [audio](pri.org)
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A Guide for Adults Going to College(npr.org)
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Fire and Motion(joelonsoftware.com)
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by jqcoffey 8y ago
I suppose it may also be because dinosaurs are awesome.
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How to Land on Mars(nytimes.com)
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In the Age of A.I., Is Seeing Still Believing?(newyorker.com)
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Why the PC Will Not Die – Bill Gates (1999)(web.archive.org)
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A Minimal Kernel in Rust(os.phil-opp.com)
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The Case for Geoengineering from Kim Stanley Robinson(huffingtonpost.com)
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You don't need standups(medium.com)
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When a Tech Reporter Doesn’t Use Much Tech(nytimes.com)
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Data Reliability Engineering, SRE and Data(labs.criteo.com)
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The Joy of Missing Out(nytimes.com)
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Introducing Scala and FP in a large company like Criteo(medium.com)
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Ursula K. Le Guin on Serious Literature(ursulakleguin.com)
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Codegen for type safety in Go(calhoun.io)
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