January 2011
7 posts
Refer A Developer, Make $10,000. Seryos!
Over on the west coast, companies like Google and Facebook are duking it out for top tech talent. There’s all sorts of craziness going on including 10% across the board raises and big bonuses. Back here in Boston, there’s a similar battle for talent brewing. Except, here in Boston, we’re kind of polite and a tad overly sane (there’s not enough craziness). So, nobody really comes right...
Steve Jobs: I pay a price by not having much of a...
Well, my favorite things in life are books, sushi and…. My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. As it is, I pay a price by not having much of a personal life. I don’t have the time to pursue love affairs or to tour small towns in Italy and sit in cafes and eat tomato-and-mozzarella salad....
Jobs: Computers are actually pretty simple.
Computers are actually pretty simple. We’re sitting here on a bench in this cafe [for this part of the Interview]. Let’s assume that you understood only the most rudimentary of directions and you asked how to find the rest room. I would have to describe it to you in very specific and precise instructions. I might say, “Scoot sideways two meters off the bench. Stand erect. Lift...
Startup meetup, awesome turn out!
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Software Craftsmanship: We're tired of writing...
I’ve gone from Dan North’s post, to Gil Zilberfeld’s to Michael Feather’s to Jason Gorman’s. It would appear that we, in the software craftsmanship movement have not been clear. I hope this blog clears a few things up. Why is there a software craftsmanship movement? What motivated it? What drives it now? One thing; and one thing only. We are tired of writing...
Life running a startup: your personal life will...
If there’s one motto I can hope to live by, it’s those simple two words. Just under 2 years ago, I quit my comfy security consulting job to “do my own thing.” Since then, I’ve started two companies and even though every day brings a new challenge, I couldn’t be happier. Running a startup (or any company) is no easy task. You are, more so than ever before, married to your work. If you fail, your...
December 2010
24 posts
How To Manage A Tech Career
Start a group. Write a book. Make an open source project. This stuff all counts as career work, even though it may not be immediately connected to your current job. What it does is show to future employers that you actually care about this stuff, and are not just there to pick up your paycheck. These kind of activities are one of the fundamental ways to tell good employees apart from...
Happy new year!
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