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Opinion articles

25 articles from 2020 · show all

November 2020

What's your code for?

Perfect code that doesn't solve the problem is useless. Perfect metrics that don't serve the user are a distraction.

October 2020

How I use delegation to get more done

Productivity porn shows you how to pack more into your day. Productivity porn is wrong my friend. You need to remove things to grow.

Should you take a pay cut for equity

Would you take some % of your salary in bitcoin? The joke is that compared to pre-IPO equity, bitcoin is predictable and has a known value.

Computer science is not software engineering

Wow, college was such a waste of time ... when did you ever invert a binary tree outside of an interview? Honestly I never inverted a binary tree in college either ☹️

September 2020

Why senior engineers get nothing done

You start a new job and it's amazing. Code all day, clear objectives, easy guidelines, ship a bunch of features be a hero. Then something happens and suddenly you get nothing done. 🤔

August 2020

Why Understanding beats Knowledge

Understanding beats knowledge every day. To have a strong career, learn to understand, not just to know.

Tech in 2021 according to a VC

July 2020

What if engineers were paid like athletes

Why engineers are worth so much

Engineers don't do the day to day work, they build assets the business can exploit for years to come. That's the magic

June 2020

How to grow as a senior engineer or why I got a new job

Hackers

May 2020

Looking for the perfect light work device

What you do while waiting

April 2020

Don't just wait around

Your dumb ideas often work best

You don't *have* ideas, you develop them

"I just need an idea"

March 2020

Stuck at home? Advance your career

HOW great engineers hack The Process

Why great engineers hack The Process

February 2020

Why you should talk about engineering salaries

January 2020

Ready to build your future?

How can you make an extra $1,000 🤔

What could you do with an extra $1,000/month?

Famous last words: Pfft, that's easy