Leadership… Software Engineering Leadership 16 Sep 201827 Mar 2019 Software Engineer leadership is where you lead/manage a number of software engineers, directly or via another manager(s). Your title could be Engineering lead, Software Engineer manager, R&D Manager, Director of…
Software Development… Apple Worldwide Developers Confrence #WWDC17 #YearOfTheEngineer 9 Jun 20173 Dec 2018 Each year Apple holds a Developers conference called Apple Worldwide Developers Confrence or for short WWDC. It is a great place to learn and talk about Mac OS, iPhone Apps,…
Community… Building a tech/startup/knowledge friendly government in BC 5 Dec 201510 Dec 2015 There are those in the Startup/tech community who often say “stay out of my way and let me do my job mentality” to Government. Take this article for example: JUSTIN TRUDEAU…
Career Management… Surviving a Technical Interview 23 Nov 201516 Jan 2018 Over my career as a software something, I have had a bunch of technical interviews. Some I have done well in and some I have not. The first part of this…
Community… Housing – Why I am leaving Vancouver and going to the US 6 Nov 201516 Jan 2018 My decision to leave was made with the following understandings: that if I stayed here I would be very unlikely to afford a place of my own, and that if I wanted to take…
Community… Railsconf 2015 – Being a human, Atlanta, Race and community 28 Apr 201516 Jan 2018 This is my third RailsConf, having attending them in Portland and Chicago. I have found the Rails community as mostly open, people generally easy to ask questions off, and a good range…
Change Management… Leading software engineers 14 Apr 201515 Feb 2019 A friend (non technical) recently asked me how I lead my dev team, he had led product and marketing before, so I have attempted to focus on the differences, that…
Culture… One rainy Whistler and #smashingconf 12 Dec 201415 Dec 2014 When I first saw that Smashing Mag was coming to Canada and close by i.e. Whistler, BC. I booked an Early Bird Ticket. I have found both their emails and…
Community… Becoming Intermediate -Growing beyond a junior software developer 29 Jul 201410 Mar 2019 I think junior, intermediate titles belittle people and their capabilities/talents/skills. Where as sometimes the senior title can over in-flate your capabilities, whilst belittling others. We as humans love our labels as…
Community… Hacking Health – Gaining a suntan in Whitehorse, Yukon whilst coding 13 May 201416 Jan 2018 I headed to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada to spend the weekend at a HackingHealth weekend. It was an amazing weekend because of the people, the event was interesting but the people…
