Working at a high level with awareness of the lower level is much more powerful than working at a high level with no awareness beyond that. X = Acting classes; Y = Any programming language Trust your instincts. Act on the first idea that comes into your head, just to…

Personally, I try not to work on weekends but there are times when it’s unavoidable. A client asked me: Do you work much on weekends? Not wanting to disappoint, I spend Monday writing them a fun reply. (Personally, I try not to work on weekends but there are times when…

Distance yourself from those who don’t share your same beliefs or don’t understand your goals. In August 2019, my first ever iPhone app went on sale. A dream that I had, finally was about to come true. I didn’t know how to program or do app code, so I outsourced…

Encourage Kids to Learn Programming. Programming. What exactly is it? To influence the new generation of innovators to learn such a skill, we must first define it in a way that truthfully illustrates the possible outcomes that stem from it. If you were to look up the definition of ‘programming’…

BLOG INCOME REPORT. These past few years of full-time freelance haven’t been easy for me. In fact, there were times when I wondered if I was cut out for this freelance game at all. Back in May 2020 I was so depressed and lost with my business that I wanted…

The death of engineering is not necessarily a bad thing… During my entire development career, hell my development life, I’ve dealt with programming languages and machines that have allowed me to write less-than-ideal code and get away with it. As I moved into the corporate world of development, I met…

Here’s a little secret… — Here’s a little secret… …behind the scenes, there’s a little community of the Game related bloggers that talk to each other. If you’re a reader of the blogs, it’s near totally invisible, but if you’re a writer it’s something you can bump into. So once in a while I get…

This is a compilation of some things that I think help me in learning to code better. After being in the software development career for more than a year now, I feel I understand what is expected from a “Software Developer”. There are a lot of things that need to…

Sounds crazy right? For the last 8 years, I was a hardcore Java developer. Worked on many different projects, various kinds, and various positions — from junior to senior, team leader, project manager, lead developer, and architect. But all in all, every working day of my life contained an average…