#1 You know your stuff. #2 You’ve created a killer presentation.

“I took 3 months off from my job last year because my employer has an unlimited vacation plan!” — No One There are so many health benefits to taking vacations or staycations it’s a wonder why Americans still don’t take as many as other parts of the world. We all…

In 2015, everyone should code. That’s a little ambitious. OK. In 2025, I hope that the majority of the world has the chance to program computers. Code is the foundation for startups, tech companies, and the tools that everyone uses on a daily basis. It’s important we all know how…

Let’s take our time back. — The phrase meeting-free culture is frequently spoken in the same sentence as other empty, feckless phrases like its brother work-life balance, its sister flexible work arrangement, and its estranged creepy uncle synergistically aligned. These words are meaningful only after evidence surfaces as to the way a company operates, not how…

Technologists need to teach non-technologists — It’s Just A Tool “What’s JSBin.com?” my colleague asked me. “It’s a website front end engineers use to quickly prototype code. There are a few websites like it.” “And corporate IT blocked it?” “I submitted a request to open access to the site but it was denied.” “Why do you need it?” “It’s kind of standard process to have tools…

Let’s reevaluate how we interview software engineering candidates — The Interview There’s a whiteboard in your future. You’re nervous. You’ve wanted a new opportunity for some time and you’ve convinced a company to interview you. You’re putting too much pressure on yourself because you don’t want to ruin it. You’re capable. You’ve been programming computers for a while now. You like talking about this stuff. You like…