From the outside, programmers seem to resemble the machines they program – cold, emotionless, unmoved. But the reality is different – most moments in programming are full of emotions. What are these emotions? Confusion. Much of the time, I am confused … Read more
Aug 11th 2021 ON THE FIRST weekday of every month, a thread called “Who is hiring” is posted on Hacker News, a news-aggregation website popular with programmers. Hundreds of companies, from one-person operations to trillion-dollar corporations, submit listings. Most of … Read more
Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb. – Dark Helmet Evildoers live longer and feel better. – Myself My writing has recently prompted an anonymous commenter to declare that people like me are what’s wrong with the world. Oh … Read more
I have never shared this embarrassing story Photo by Lucian Alexe on Unsplash I am now doing my third job. In my previous two jobs, one time I got fired and another time I resigned. But getting fired was a … Read more
Interruptions are one of the biggest sources of inefficiency for programmers. Now, to be fair, they’re probably a big source of inefficiency for everyone, but relatively speaking, they’re worse for programmers. To understand what I mean, let’s take someone whose … Read more
I am in awe of this book, it is a very good read and has tons of interesting lessons for any engineer. Tim van Deurzen Look inside Your brain responds in a predictable way when it encounters new or difficult … Read more
I have the unpleasant task of informing you that I will be leaving General Optronics employment as of 25 JAN 85. As you know I have not been very happy with the new position of Application Engineer. I have not … Read more
2n (Level 0) n2 (Level 1) n (Level 2) log(n) (Level 3) Comments data structures Doesn’t know the difference between Array and LinkedList Able to explain and use Arrays, LinkedLists, Dictionaries etc in practical programming tasks Knows space and time … Read more