If you need the money, don't take the job — Bitfield Consulting
bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/need-moneyMoney: how to get people to give it to you, how much to ask for, and how to be worth what you're asking. Some real talk about the challenges you’ll face as a newly independent worker.
Design Portfolio Advice · Hardik Pandya
hvpandya.com/portfolio-adviceWho you are and what you have done One tip that was recommended to me by my mentor about a decade ago: Make yourself a punch-line. A punch-line that describes what you’re uniquely good at and what sets you apart from the rest. Lead your portfolio with this. Coming up with a punch-line for yourself is no trivial work though. It requires you to think harder to go beyond the “user-centric designer” and “working at the intersection of tech and craft” drudgery. You need to be very speci...
Be a thermostat, not a thermometer | Lara Hogan
larahogan.me/blog/be-a-thermostat-not-a-thermometer/As I’ve learned more about how humans interact with one another at work, I’ve been repeatedly reminded that we are very easily influenced by the mood of those around us. It’s usually not even something we do consciously; we just see someone using a different tone of voice or shifting their body language, and something deep in our brain notices it.
Career Advice
moxie.org/2013/01/07/career-advice.htmlTo my great surprise, young people now somewhat frequently contact me in order to solicit career advice.They are usually in college or highschool, and want to know what the best next steps are for a career in security or software development.This is, honestly, a really complicated question, mostl...
What to Do with Climate Emotions
newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-to-do-with-climate-emotionsIf the goal is to insure that the planet remains habitable, what is the right degree of panic, and how do you bear it?
Etiquette Rules for Tipping, Parenting, Friends, and Work
thecut.com/article/tipping-rules-etiquette-rules.htmlExpert advice on how to text, tip, ghost, host, hook up, parent, friend, and survive online and at work. Got questions? We have answers.
Welcome to Talking Points for Life
talkingpointsforlife.com/Too many people are left wandering through Reddit threads and Quora posts looking for advice on what to say. Communication is tricky. We all bring our own biases, emotions and histories to the table. This site will help you navigate those tricky subjects, allowing you to build healthier and happier relationships.
How to plan? | Kellan Elliott-McCrea
kellanem.com/notes/how-to-planLet’s also set aside the question of trade-offs for the moment, except to say, trade-offs are the very heart of engineering and engineering leadership. Software as a medium is so malleable that functionally anything can be made to work. Any language, architecture, approach, style, process, etc can be made to work given sufficient effort. Meaning we find ourselves not asked to choose between right and wrong answers, but between trade-offs.
A development process startup founders should use to ship features weirdly fast
growing-products.paralect.com/a-development-process-startup-founders-should-use-to-ship-features-weirdly-fastHere are 9 specific steps founders can use to ship features faster, keep their product team aligned and build what their users really want.
Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/career-ambition-advice-data/671374/Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math
how to stop being "terminally online" | nights's blog
nights.bearblog.dev/how-to-stop-being-terminally-online/has something being present on social media (a frequently talked about movie, author, or political viewpoint, for example) ever made you come to the conclusion that it is just as present in "real life"? is this actually true?
AddyOsmani.com - Software Engineering - The Soft Parts
addyosmani.com/blog/software-engineering-soft-parts/Today I will share some of the software engineering soft skills I have learned from my first 10 years on Google Chrome, where I am a Senior Staff Engineering...