No Kill Switch

ex-Something: sentiment, brag, advantage?

The true merit, skill, and ability to execute should (in theory) always stand for themselves - in the end, what truly matters is whether one gets the shit done or not. But due to obvious asymmetries in information flow and the sheer size of the global job market, one has to... LLMTheory Of ConstraintsSystems Theory

Is every problem truly a leadership problem?

I have a weird personality - an amalgamate of strongly contrasting characteristics that don’t come together frequently (e.g., intense + analytical, competitive + stoic). Some of them I’ve strongly developed over the years, but there’s a bunch I’d call innate - “analytical” is probably the most important of those.... efficiencydecisionsflow metrics

What does DDR have in common with omakase?

Disclaimer: no, this post has nothing in common with the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, but I’ve found the coincidence of acronyms hilarious, so I couldn’t resist the reference in the header image. So don’t worry, no commies were harmed in the making of this article. Amazon ain’t... seniorityeffectivenesspragmatism

Why developers aren't like figure skaters?

Let me start with a short scene that happened some time ago, at the peak of the IT job market’s craziness. We were interviewing a senior candidate with 10+ years of professional experience in serious, enterprise brands: mostly large organizations that do business the “traditional way” and do not... Load more Recommended