Creating the Awesome Team together
Team Changes In the last two months, my team doubled in size (kinda feels like I saw it somewhere already ;)). We needed to get an…
Team Changes In the last two months, my team doubled in size (kinda feels like I saw it somewhere already ;)). We needed to get an…
Internal and external motivators Is it good pay that motivates us? A long await vacation? A project award? Promotion? Good work environment? Snacks in the…
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People: Do you want to leave everything and move to Canada? Really? Me: Yes People: And why the heck Canada? Me: Dunno, a gut feeling.…
Continue reading → How I left everything to gain even more, or my immigration story.
The number of developers in my team doubled in the last couple of months. Ok, well, we went from 2 to 4. The end result…
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Why do we feel so uncomfortable with the idea of small functions that have names? What is it about that that frightens us? I'll tell…
I wanted to quit writing software for good. Nevertheless, I coded. And I still do. I've been a software developer for 3 years then. And…
You can probably come up with a bunch of answers: the computer, the client, the cloud, the company... But first and foremost you write code…
You have one. A comfort zone. You're safe. You're productive. You're bored. Get out! #jumpstartblog
Some time ago I was asked by my aunt to do some job counseling in middle school. When I was looking for ideas how to approach the topic I found that article. I liked it so here’s reblog 😉
And I love the comparison between waterfall methodology and agile mindset. And “clean daughter” example 🙂
I am often asked by non-programmers to explain what I do and how I do it. Following is my answer.
I am a programmer and, like many others in my profession, I am a nerd.
“Wonderful thing with nerds: they’re enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you about it.” – John Burnside
Many think that computers are really smart. They are not. They are as dumb as it can be. What they excel at is crunching numbers very quickly. They do not know how to think or reason. They do exactly what we tell them.
The job of a programmer is to translate real-world problems into numbers that computers can understand. A computer is like a child that will do everything you tell him to do. What you want him to do is irrelevant; the only thing that matters…
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Today a short story about "A Man in a Ballon". Sad but often true. A Man in a Balloon A man in a hot air…
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