by Richard | Jun 30, 2017 | War Stories
There’s been an article on Reddit recently that I’ve seen via a couple of sources now. The post is a bit of a horror story; a junior developer on his first day of his first job was given an instruction manual on how to set up his machine, and ended up...
by Richard | Jun 30, 2017 | Planning & Estimating, Practical, War Stories
In modern software development, there are all kinds of exotic data storage options available to us – and many reasons why any of these might be good/bad for a certain context. However, there are some basic needs that all systems have, and one of these is that if...
by Richard | Jun 19, 2017 | Practical, Software Career, War Stories
As part of moving from the UK to Poland, I’m trying to find every opportunity to engage with developer communities and meet people here. When I heard the Microsoft Build tour would have an event in Warsaw, I registered on the spot and fortunately was able to...
by Richard | Jun 18, 2017 | Software Career
Job titles in software can be pretty crazy! I genuinely think they cause more problems than they solve, and we’d all may as well just choose a nickname for ourselves and use that instead. The reality is that everyone has their own skills and strengths, and...
