A. Jesse Jiryu Davis

Published in OneZero

·Mar 8, 2019

Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders

Old coders never die, they just become middle managers. — Each year, 600 coders gather to talk shop at a conference in New York called PyGotham. The organizers know how male and white the tech industry is, so they make a special effort to recruit a diverse speaker lineup. They promote the event on mailing lists for women and people…

Engineering

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Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders

Published in No No No blog

·Oct 18, 2018

How IKEA Could Win Me Back

When I ordered two mattresses from IKEA this July for $375, I expected to receive the delivery in a week or so. What I got instead was two months of frustration. The trouble began when XPO Logistics, the company that IKEA has hired for deliveries in the New York area…

Customer Service

5 min read

Feb 10, 2015

March To Triumph As A Mentor

Good engineers write good code. But the best engineers cultivate and inspire their junior colleagues. If you are a senior engineer, you must learn to be a mentor. Especially if you are committed to diversity: mentorship is critical to the careers of women and minorities in tech. I have failed…

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