He asked, "How do I not feel like a failure when I went to one of the best schools and got one of the top internships, only to be a ba...

I'm frequently asked, "Do writers and programmers feel more creative and expressive with pen and paper, or do thoughts come out as...

What's your next step? I'm guessing, but if you’re like most programmers, you’re already too involved in technical details, You...

What should I do with a client or boss who insists that a certain task is urgent, but it turns out to be likely a false alarm? In you...

Some people claim that when you learn high software standards you will never again develop in inferior ways. Is this true? I think you ...

First consider reading. Reading is (usually) a solitary activity, with no feedback. Without feedback, there's no check on what you beli...

How Does One Manage an Incompetent Manager? The questioner does not say whether the manager's is their boss or employee, but I...

I was asked, "Am I boring, and what can I do about it?" The questioner explained, "Everything I have to say seems boring...

Many outstanding programmers were asked, "What are the basic skills required to be a good programmer?" Lots of good and useful an...

We were asked, "Have you ever applied for a software developer job where you didn't know the language?" My story is not...

We were asked, "How Stressful is Software Engineering on Average?" First of all, be clear. *Average* stress is not what an in...

We were tested to see if we could write blog entries without the letter "A" Of course we could write them. We could write lo...

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