Monthly Archives: April 2017

WFH: Work From Home

Every morning I get copied on emails from people who have decided to Work From Home (WFH) that day. It took me quite a while to accept WFH as a valid alternative to being in the office. I understand that … Continue reading

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Is it time for a general compensation review?

It’s been my experience that the quantity of tech jobs tends to cycle between feast and famine. We seem to be entering a feast period where the number of jobs exceeds the number of candidates. Couple that with the fact … Continue reading

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Test Driven Design

I was recently introduced to a concept that has been around for a long time. Test Driven Design strives for 100% test coverage for every line of code written. At a first glance this seems really expensive, but after reading … Continue reading

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When to invest in a tech company

One could say that I’ve been around the block when it comes to tech companies and start-ups, so a question that I get quite often from investors is “Is this a good investment?” It’s not a really easy question to answer, … Continue reading

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How to read tech job postings

I may have Blogged on this before but things are heating up with respect to tech jobs, so it’s probably a good idea to revisit this topic. There are a number of job search engines that troll job posting sites … Continue reading

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“You Know?”

I was in a customer meeting last week with a product manager, salesman, customer and senior architect. They were describing a new product offering to a customer and all of the people involved were injecting “you know” into the conversation. The meeting … Continue reading

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