Stop Kidding Yourself About Data Privacy

Most of this will be old hat for people that work in these areas, but for everybody else…

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Gregory Leman

May 9, 2022

TDD is very fast once you get into that flow. Consider the three rules:

You are not allowed to write any production code unless it is to make a failing unit test pass.
You are not allowed to write any more production code than is sufficient to pass the one failing unit test.

Meeting Creep

Constance Xu has a great article “We Need to Talk about the Software Engineer Grind Culture” where she discusses the craziness of back-to-back meetings and crazy schedules:

“When I started working fulltime, I realized I got into a habit of skipping lunch as well. I work pacific…

Gregory Leman

May 5, 2022

Developers Shouldn’t Play Golf

One of the many horrible consequences of the whiteboard coding interview process has been Code Golf.

What is the Difference Between a Junior and Senior Developer?

Gregory Leman

May 2, 2022

Most Software Developers are Amateurs

Ben “The Hosk” Hosking has an excellent article titled “Software development is a loser’s…

I Am Desperate For A Job

Most days I have a post in my LinkedIn feed along the lines of:

I have been unemployed now…

Why Are Job Searches So Hard?

The number of articles I see in my feed about how to ace an interview is truly stunning. There are an equal…

My Boss Won’t Let Me Write Unit Tests

I gave an in person talk at a conference pre-Covid on TDD/BDD. To my surprise, the room was…

The Coding Challenge Isn’t Everything

I’m on record as not liking whiteboard coding challenges as the basis of a job interview.

One of the unfortunate impacts of the whiteboard coding challenge part of the interview process for many companies is that candidates have gotten…

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