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Principal Stories: What is a Principal Software Engineer?

It has been a year or so since I’ve written about Qualifying Seniority, where I shared my view of what makes a Software Engineer a Senior…

Nov 4, 2022

Principal Stories: What is a Principal Software Engineer?

Nov 4, 2022

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Modern Software Engineering: Career Crafting – Part 1: Early Career

How do you get to a place you haven’t seen yet and you don’t know where to start?

Apr 22

Modern Software Engineering: Career Crafting – Part 1: Early Career

Apr 22

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Modern Software Engineering: Career Crafting – Part 0: Series Introduction

This is the start of a new series on crafting modern software engineering careers.

Dec 10, 2023

Modern Software Engineering: Career Crafting – Part 0: Series Introduction

Dec 10, 2023

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An Ode to Software Engineers

A love letter to my fellow problem solvers and tinkerers.

Aug 30, 2023

An Ode to Software Engineers

Aug 30, 2023

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Modern Software Engineering — Part 5: Continuous Evolution

“If you don’t evolve, you will die. “- Marcus Lemonis

Aug 8, 2023

The bones of a long dead animal fossilized in limestone.

Aug 8, 2023

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Modern Software Engineering — Part 4: Deployment

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. —…

Jul 17, 2023

Modern Software Engineering — Part 4: Deployment

Jul 17, 2023

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Modern Software Engineering – Part 3: Documentation

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.” – Blaise Pascal

Jul 2, 2023

Modern Software Engineering – Part 3: Documentation

Jul 2, 2023

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Modern Software Engineering – Part 2: Testing

“If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the act of putting them in.” – Edsger Djikstra

Jun 25, 2023

Modern Software Engineering – Part 2: Testing

Jun 25, 2023

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Modern Software Engineering — Part 1: System Design

“Make it simple, but significant.” – Don Draper, Mad Men

Jun 19, 2023

Modern Software Engineering — Part 1: System Design

Jun 19, 2023

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A Story About a Software Architect

I had a chance to be an interim Software Architect recently, and here’s a story about what I’ve learned in the process.

May 29, 2023

A picture of rounded buildings with an imaginative design.

May 29, 2023

Dean Michael Berris

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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft by profession, writer by passion; thoughts are my own.

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