(a.k.a. judging the worth of a company through its hiring process.) It’s well known within the grand game of software engineering that the interview process can either be long and tortuous or short and sweet. There pretty much isn’t any middle ground whatsoever, it tends to be something of an…

Why many businesses post-pandemic are floundering in a tsunami of remote working. Let’s put aside the myriad advantages for employees when it comes to remote working, as I’ve covered many of these in past articles, and take a look at why remote working is so very important for any software…

Have we become subjugated by both our tools and the seemingly endless layers of management? If you haven’t come across the Transvaluation of Values then perhaps it’s time, as a progressive software engineer wishing to progress to the higher and more valuable ranks in the Grand Game, that you cast…

There are more hazards in the workplace than just the usual political machinations of the powers that be. The conventional HR definition of what constitutes a hostile work environment usually relates to those things that we might find discriminatory, offensive, or downright uncomfortable — all of which tend to relate…

Too often we make the mistake of stressing about saying no to things we just can’t or won’t do. Generally, and quite stereotypically¹, many progressive engineers in the Grand Game of Software Engineering exhibit a number of common traits — for example the avoidance of conflict, the derision of idle…

No commute is best, of course, but how much of your life are you willing to give up for nothing in return? Commuting. It’s a thing that’s long been put up with in many industries — not just the Grand Game of Software Engineering — and it’s only fairly recently…

How politeness, deference, and loyalty can be the death knell of your software engineering career. As you move carefully up the ranks on the board of the Grand Game of Software Engineering it’s a constant struggle to not only keep in mind your end goal, but also to fend off…

“If you don’t take more of the people we send you, we might not send you any more!” Recruiters. Love them or hate them, yet they endure — akin to the sharks and associated pilot fish (depending on their effectiveness vs. …

Instant access, on demand, flash! bang! crash!, are you still reading? Occasionally there’s a thread on Twitter¹ where people reminisce about things from the past and, I have to say, I’m a bit of a fanboy about the whole thing — often going on a long trip down memory lane…