I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” Eric Brechner
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- Technologie
An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.
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No time like the present
How does responding immediately provide you with essential slack time? How can eschewing prioritization help you prioritize?
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Productive power sharing
When a project has multiple leaders, how do you quickly make aligned decisions that stick? Who has final say without abusing that power?
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How to pay off (technical) debt
How do you pay off technical debt before a catastrophic failure? How do you convince management to invest the time?
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Break the ice blocking your job search
How do you expand and utilize your network to land a new role you love? Why is applying online so unlikely to succeed for an experienced engineer?
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High on high potential--drunk on a fallacy
What skills should engineers develop? How should hiring manager prioritize candidates?
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What’s this now? Dealing with ambiguity
How do you estimate deliverables, prioritize assignments, design solutions, choose implementations, and verify requirements when there’s no authoritative source to tell you the right thing to do and the right way to do it? What do you do when the experts disagree?