20 episodes

An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code‪”‬ Eric Brechner

    • Technology
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An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.

    No time like the present

    No time like the present

    How does responding immediately provide you with essential slack time? How can eschewing prioritization help you prioritize?

    • 9 min
    Productive power sharing

    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?

    • 8 min
    How to pay off (technical) debt

    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?

    • 8 min
    Break the ice blocking your job search

    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?

    • 11 min
    High on high potential--drunk on a fallacy

    High on high potential--drunk on a fallacy

    What skills should engineers develop? How should hiring manager prioritize candidates?

    • 10 min
    What’s this now? Dealing with ambiguity

    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?

    • 9 min

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