Stubborn to a fault
Have you ever gotten into a project, underestimated the difficulty, and found things going sideways? You calmly set it aside and walked away, right? Riiiiighttt......
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The transient nature of code
I just did one of the worst things a dev can do to another dev. I deleted his code! It was good code, covered by dozens of tests... but it wasn't needed anymore. The nature of our work is that it's a progression, and any individual code is transient by nature. Today's code is tomorrow's refactoring....
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How will I know when I'm a programmer?
How do you know when you've finally arrived, and are officially a programmer? Is it a set of skills, a certain amount of time? Can you ever really arrive, when it's a race of one with no finish line?...
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Neat Little Boxes
The last 6 months have seen a complete shift in how I work. My life was separated into a series of neat little boxes, I realize, but everything's blended now. Some of it's been great, but other parts, well.. it's a work in progress....
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What happens to our online presence (digital legacy) when we die?
My wife and I are in the process of updating our wills, and I got to thinking... what happens to our online presence (digital legacy) once we're gone? Especially those places we've contributed time and talent, where people might want to reach out to us... except we're already gone! 😬...
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