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…
Community… railsconf 2014 29 Apr 201416 Jan 2018 Overall I enjoyed this conference more than last year. I am now 15 months along my journey into Rails/Ruby. I considered whether my enjoyment was because I understand a lot more…
Culture… Surviving as a Junior software developer 31 Mar 201414 Feb 2019 If it helps, you are never ready, you will never know enough, and the key is knowing how to cope with that. At the beginning you may have no idea or a…
Software Development… Visual overview of Ruby on Rails 30 Mar 201416 Jan 2018 Please give feedback Version 0.1 - credit Brooke and Eric Version 0.2 - Made full size, made core library labels bigger, bold text and strengthened lines - credit Andrius and Trevor…
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