I'm sure you know how deadlines work: 1. collect the requirements/expectations & grok through them (understand them) 2. estimate the effort needed to deliver the outcome, quantify risks, "guesstimate" unknown unknowns, ... 3. ... and "collide" what you've got with current commitments &...
Imagine that ... ... you're at the doctor's because you don't feel well - there's something wrong with your health and you need professional help of a medical expert. You sit in front of him, but before you have any chance to describe your...
> This blog post is all about: what are the potential benefits of a good convention & what are the conditions to make it so :), what is the most fundamental requirement for the convention to succeed & why conventions are double-edged swords ... Programming languages are very flexible, yet low-level solution...
> This blog post is all about: why I gave up on Grammarly, what's the difference between ReSharper-aided Visual Studio and Sublime Text or Vim, did VS cripple generations of software developers and why I'm skeptical of modern IDEs (hint: they are not solving the problems...
> This blog post is all about: why engineering leadership is both - engineering and leadership, why both strategic & tactical perspectives HAVE to be mixed (and what happens when they are not). This is one of THESE posts. No solutions, no conclusions, pure rant ... WAIT, wrong attitude. Not "...
By learning this blog post you'll find out that neither Stoic != stoic nor Cynical != cynical, how Stoicism helped me to get out of depression, why celebrating small victories is important, what's "negative visualisation" & how Stoics' virtues do apply to modern engineering.If...
