We're all leaders to some degree. Even if your job title doesn't have words like "manager", "architect", or "senior", you're still every week presented with opportunities to display good or bad leadership traits. These traits can have an especially outsize effect on junior developers. In this episode, I go over the importance of honing your leadership skills.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Ep 48, Avoid Dogmatic Thinkers
If you haven't encountered a programmer who's dogmatic about some aspect of their work, you will. Dealing with these software developers can be very trying. In this episode, I explore the topic and give some pointers on how to identify and deal with them.
Monday, January 1, 2018
Ep 47, New Year's Career Assessment
About once a year I like to do a career self-assessment. In this episode, I talk about how I go about doing it, why I think they're important for programmers, and whether or not trying to plan out a career in such a fast-changing field even makes sense.
Monday, December 25, 2017
Ep 46, Things I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago: Seniority Doesn't Always Count For Much
Software development is a fast-changing environment. New tech, platforms, libraries, and frameworks seem to come every week. How does being a senior developer fit into that? Is it possible to even be senior in such an environment? In this episode, I explore the idea as well as recap the "Things I Wish I Knew" series as a whole.
Monday, December 18, 2017
Ep 45, Things I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago, Coding Ability Does Not Determine Career Trajectory
As a young programmer, I figured that my abilities as a developer would be the primary driver of my career trajectory. As the years have gone on, I've realized that notion was a bit naive. In this episode, I examine what I've seen drive career progression in this industry.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Ep 44, Things I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago: Job Titles Are Often Meaningless
Up until a few years ago, I held this assumption that job titles carry at least some meaning and weight. As I've advanced in my career, I've found this to be a dubious assumption at best. In today's epsiode, we I talk about job titles for programmers and their meaning (or lack of) within the software development industry.
Monday, December 4, 2017
Ep 43, Things I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago: Job Postings Can Be Highly Inaccurate
Programming is unique in that job postings can be...creative with the truth. This is, unfortunately, something we typically only learn after a few years in the industry. In this episode, I examine inaccurate job postings.
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