Bookmarks tagged “career”
165 bookmarks tagged “career”
Interviews aren’t about you (sorry) - Stack Overflow
Survivor's Guilt: Processing Through AI Layoffs | AI with Zach
Cognitive dissonance can occur when you watch your colleagues lose their jobs, ostensibly due to AI tools you evangelize. Here is what the data says and how I processed through when it happened at my company.
Maybe making is about mattering
Wanting to matter might be the most honest reason to create anything.
Willingness to look stupid is a genuine moat in creative work
Looking foolish is underrated.
The Codeless Code: Case 123 Order and Chaos
An illustrated collection of (sometimes violent) fables, concerning the Art and Philosophy of software development
The Death of Software Development
The job of software developer is dead. You might still be coding, but the profession as you knew it is gone.
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering
Exploring five critical questions shaping software engineering through 2026, with contrasting scenarios for each. These lenses help prepare for the evolving ...
Developers, Your Job Is Not To Write Code
The advice I've consistently given to developers who want to grow might seem counter-intuitive, but it's always held true for me—the first step to being a great developer is recognizing that your job is not to write code.
How To Care About Your Job When It Doesn't Care About You
We all want to do awesome things and make an impact at work. However, what we call “work” is a relationship between employer and employee that's inherently and persistently designed to benefit the former over the latter. How do we meaningfully contribute, earn a living, and maybe
What AI is Really For - Christopher Butler
After three years of immersion in AI, I have come to a relatively simple conclusion: it’s a useful technology that is very likely overhyped to the
So You Want To Speak At Software Conferences? : dylanbeattie.net
An article from dylanbeattie.net
The good times in tech are over
For most of the last decade, being a software engineer has been a lot of fun. Every company offered lots of perks, layoffs and firings were almost unheard of…
On How Long it Takes to Know if a Job is Right for You or Not
A few eagle-eyed readers have noticed that it’s been 4 weeks since my last entry in what I have been thinking of as my “niblet series” — one small piece per week, 1000 words or less, for the next t…
How Questions Build Software
Looking back, I never thought I would build a career in software. My degree is in Chemistry, a field of precise rules and predictable reactions. What could a mind buzzing with ionic bonds and benzene rings understand about software? That self-inflict...
VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech
A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.
Forgotten Employee
PART ONE An epiphany was had this morning as I perused SA, sipping Code Red and toying with the notion of stepping outside for my third cigarette in an hour: Nine years and 2 months of my life have been devoted towards the goal of personal advancement within a small yet thrivin
Beyond speed: Measuring engineering success by impact, not velocity - Stack Overflow
If velocity is just a tool and not a goal, how do you measure real success for engineering teams?
The Software Engineering Identity Crisis - Annie Vella
Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things. With our own hands, our own minds, our own code. But that identity is being challenged. AI coding assistants aren’t just changing ho