Written by Jordan R Wilman / Cartoon Illustration by Carlos Ponce Everyone is always looking to play that ‘perfect’ card. The option that gives you the most success, least chance of failure, and the option to improve your next turn in the future. What’s the problem with that thought process? It’s a well thought out Read More…
We have a problem… We must completely change the direction of the project that we are going in – stop the presses! The last thing anyone working on a project wants to hear is that we are stopping what we are doing and reworking the project in a new direction. Ugh, what a waste of Read More…
No need to grow a horn on your forehead. These days, there’s increasing pressure for developers and coders to be able to define themselves as “full-stack”, most of the time referred to as unicorns (growing a horn in your forehead is the hardest part, though). This means essentially that they need to have a “unique Read More…
Ahhh, the infamous Great Resignation! Why are so many people quitting their jobs, some even with no new job lined up? Companies from all kinds of verticals – although this is a big thing at tech companies – are offering higher compensation, better benefits, flexible schedules, work from home opportunities and yet workers continue to Read More…
StarLink could shake things up a bit… Ok, so, what’s the fuzz about with StarLink? Let’s see. We know that the internet is not some specific set of physical networks. It’s carried by wires, optical fibers, microwave links, satellites and in one famous case, carrier pigeons. It is a set of software protocols that are Read More…
In software sales and marketing, you are only as good as the team behind you. You must get to know what they do, how they do it, and why to better understand them, to be on the same wavelength. After all, you are supposed to have the scoop on what you are actually trying to Read More…
How a cup of coffee changed my professional life (and then some) When I started at the company back in 2010, I was pretty sure that I knew everything there was to know about my line of work – recruiting, sales and marketing – and about my own self. I should have known better. A Read More…
Implementing encryption correctly Many organizations simply must use encryption because of data protection regulations, but sometimes, developers don’t have the necessary skills to implement it properly. It’s sort of an endemic issue that a lot of people don’t think about. Many developers believe they know how to implement crypto, but they haven’t had any specific Read More…
Even wolves hunt in packs by necessity For the self-professed lone wolves roaming in the wilderness of the software development world out there, I’d like to share a few insights on working with a distributed team while working from home, so that ‘working remotely’ does not turn into ‘remotely working’. Are you sort of stuck Read More…
Your appointment with the Grim Reaper I don’t mean to sound like a so-called self-help guru or anything, but if there’s one thing that I’ve learned in 30 years is that if you are going to work hard for success (whatever that means to you), do it in a way that does not take your Read More…
What are clear specs, anyway? Front end and web designers usually take business requirements and turn them into spec-storyboards that everyone uses to define the project. So from the point of view of how business requirements should be presented, most experts might agree that mile-long text should be avoided at all costs. Under normal circumstances, Read More…
Would you hire you? I am always trying to understand what might trigger software product companies, or those that are pivoting into the digital realm from a traditional, brick-and-mortar type of setting, to consider working with software engineering teams beyond their office walls. I’m still befuddled by the realization that there is not a single, Read More…
When it comes to software outsourcing, not everything is milk and honey. It’s only fair to highlight some grim facts, too. I asked a friend of mine, who happens to be a Sr software engineer in London, to elaborate on the most bizarre outsourcing story he’s gone through. My friend (we’ll call him Pete) was Read More…
You calling me a “friggin’ diversity hire”? I was having a beer-framed conversation with a friend who happens to be the CTO – I will call him Mike – of a well known real estate software company. Mike is in his late forties, and he was telling me about the time he hired a Junior Read More…
You will get old…. if you are lucky, that is! This year, I will be completing my fifty-sixth spin around the Sun, out of which I’ve spent twelve with this great organization and an even more incredible motley crew. The stories I could tell! The things I’ve learned! The fun I’ve had (and the beers Read More…