The Work/Life/Community Tightrope Walk…
With work/life balance being a questionable topic for some, I figured I would share what it’s like here. If you haven’t seen me in the community in awhile, there’s a…
Helping techies grow throughout their careers
With work/life balance being a questionable topic for some, I figured I would share what it’s like here. If you haven’t seen me in the community in awhile, there’s a…
I ran into Michael Richardson while at CodeMash, and he forwarded me a link to Kathy Sierra‘s talk Making Badass Developers. These are my thoughts as I was watching the…
While working with my apprentices in our intense 12-week bootcamp, I’ve found that sometimes, they get so wound up in code and the stress of it all that they either…
This week, I returned to the office, back to mentoring apprentices who want to learn software development as a career change. I love my job in that… One of the…
As my apprentices are wrapping up this 12-week bootcamp, they’ve been interviewing and some are getting multiple job offers. The #1 question I get from those with multiple job offers…
If there’s anything I prefer to do as a mentor to people coming up in our field, it’s that I prefer to teach them how to fish rather than give…
This past week, I acquired a book on interview questions – 403 questions to be exact – put out by Growth Everywhere. While I look at these questions, I am…
Some of my apprentices are going through a job application process that asks them to write a poem. One asked me if I’ve ever attempted it. While I know about…
While my apprentices are embarking on their job searches for their adventures in software development, talking with them has me reflecting on my past roles and what I like about…
As I prepare my apprentices for their interviews, I reminded them about the possibility of pair programming interviews. While I wasn’t exposed to pair programming early in my career, once…