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...
Disclaimer: this post will be available only in Polish (for now). It was triggered by a discussion in a local IT community in Poland and TBH I'm not even sure whether there are similar discussions in other communities - AFAIK there are not, but maybe there are things I&...
Since I created this blog (almost eleven years ago), I've been writing about nearly every role related to building software. But there's one I've barely mentioned so far - Technical Writer. It's an oversight I'd like to fix today - let'...
Last Saturday, I attended the first on-site IT community event in ages. It was a conference with 200+ sessions (within two days), but as it was targeted primarily at graduating students and juniors, the organizers have combined it with the job fair. The attendance surpassed my most optimistic expectations...
A few days ago, this thread [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29064692] gained a lot of popularity on Hacker News. The discussion was quite interesting (I encourage you to take a look), but I've nearly immediately felt the urge to expand the topic a bit. Let'...
Each time I'm getting interviewed (e.g., while recording a podcast episode, during a conference), I struggle with answering one particular (and relatively frequent) question: > What advice would you give to aspiring programmers when it comes to tech skills? Which programming language, framework, or tech stack should...
