Brian A Simmons NoutDevelop yourself.Almost everybody has been in the situation at a job interview where you get asked “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”; I always think…Aug 5, 2016Aug 5, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutJob Hunting; Note to selfIt’s not about yourself, it’s about the people you want to work for.Jul 12, 2016Jul 12, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutAbstraction is EssentialAbstraction is focusing on the operations that are inherently necessary to complete a the task at hand; For example, when a developer is…Jul 5, 2016Jul 5, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutReal World DatabaseI think I only truly understand how complex the real world is when I try to model it in a database. ~@pamelafoxJun 28, 2016Jun 28, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutMake all of the mistakes.Learning Ruby on Rails has exposed me to making an uncountable number of mistakes, sometimes the same one I made a couple days before. But…Jun 28, 2016Jun 28, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutThe Power of Immediate FeedbackYou could say the principles of software design are pretty straightforward:Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutSimple vs. Easy and how it affects DevelopmentRich Hickey, the author of Clojure, gave a presentation on the difference between simple and easy.Jun 14, 2016Jun 14, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutImpostor Syndrome and Dunning-Kruger EffectMaybe you’ve heard of these terms, or maybe you haven’t, but these are two cognitive biases that can have a significant effect on your…Jun 7, 2016Jun 7, 2016
Brian A Simmons NoutBetter questions, better answers.There’s no such thing as a stupid question, but you can ask the same thing in two different ways and get exactly what you were looking for…May 31, 2016May 31, 2016
