Leo_on_west_coastFuck it! I quit!My coworkers would say this when they get pissed off and later they leave the company. This is very common in the software/Internet…Aug 15, 2022Aug 15, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastWhy is communication so hard for software engineers?I am a senior engineer working in one of the FAANG companies. My colleagues are pretty competitive, they are smart, they work hard. But I…May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastCareer is like a gameI worked in one of FAANG, I am right now a level 7 engineer, the title is Senior Staff Software Engineer. In this post, I want to talk…Mar 27, 2022Mar 27, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastinCodeXWhat is a good Tech LeadTech lead emerges by itself, it is never appointed.Feb 27, 2022Feb 27, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastRead code — a must have skills (2)I recently was assigned to a new project. The team’s execution was not good, and the project was delayed. My job is to fix the execution…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastReading code — a must-have skillThere are plenty of materials teaching programming languages, debugging, libraries/frameworks, design pattern, etc. But I didn’t read…Jan 14, 2022Jan 14, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastHow do I become a great software engineer?I am arguing that we are entering a mediocre age here…Jan 12, 2022Jan 12, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastWhat would happen if we redistribute resource by governmentAs discussed before (https://medium.com/@hlxmtv/why-do-we-see-disparity-2cd5506528c5), a lot of us are worried about the bigger and bigger…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
Leo_on_west_coastWhy do we see disparity? — cont’dFollow up from the previous article: https://medium.com/@hlxmtv/why-do-we-see-disparity-2cd5506528c5Jan 5, 2022Jan 5, 2022