Recently, I read an article called The 1 Work Hack That Will Save You 900 Hours a Year. And I did not get it. I found what the author describes a bit – unpractical. Do I really pull out my laptop in a meeting to actually start writing the first few words of a document […]
Recently, I posted a link to an article about David Maynard. One more thing that resonated with me (beside the topic about age and software engineers) was this quote: There are precious few people who have seen and comprehended enough of the rise of computing (and now mobile computing) to have some perspective on the
Found this hanging in my office today, posted on a wall by a coworker. Original appears to be from here, posted on the internet all the way back in 1999, feel free to sing along to the famous tune: Yesterday, All those backups seemed a waste of pay. Now my database has gone away. Oh
I am currently reading a book called Skunk Works by Ben Rich. It is about the inner workings of the famous Lockheed engineering site that built some of the most stunning aircraft of the 20th century, among them the SR-71 Blackbird and the first Stealth Fighter. I am not through, yet – but can already
I recently read in an article that Software Developers Are Terrified Of What Happens When They Hit 30. I did not like it too much, mostly because the main source for the article was a thread on Hacker News that discusses what happens to older developers – and shows a quite different picture. No idea
I recently read a story about Bill Gates trying (and failing) to install the Windows 8.1 update on his computer on his first day back at the office at Microsoft. As you may or may not know, the Microsoft founder has agreed to come back into a more involved role as product advisor at Microsoft.
Recently, I red an article about 4 Ways To Avoid Hiring The Wrong Person. While I agree with all of them, the first one resonated the most with me. Having been in my share of interviews myself as applicant, having done them for a lot of years now as interviewer and talking to a lot
Disclaimer This post is old by now – very old. I am leaving it as is and as it was originally published in 2014 – but beware that a lot of the information here is outdated and if you want to know more about me, probably best to visit my About-page. Welcome, dear Visitor, to