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“We lost a lot of good men out there”
Today we lost a member of our development team. It sucks. Really. The team member we lost was one of those guys that I thought would be here forever, so his sudden (and unexpected) departure was a bit of a wake up call for me. It reminded me that if you have smart people, you […]
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Just shared my list of podcasts for developers
Take a look over to the right, I’ve just shared a new page with my favourite podcasts aimed primarily at developers. I’ve had this list sitting in a draft form for nearly two years now and I’m not really sure why it’s taken this long to publish it. Given the amount of time since I […]
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What I’m looking for when interviewing software developers
As a team leader, I have had multiple opportunities to interview candidates for new developer positions as they come up. I’d like to think I’m a pretty fair interviewer, I don’t pose weird puzzle questions, I don’t relentlessly dig in on questions you couldn’t possibly answer, and I try to make it an enjoyable experience […]
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What I’ve been up to…
If you’re at all wondering what I’ve been doing the last little while, head over to another site of mine at wallyanderin.com and read all about the Habitat for Humanity trip that my wife and I just return from in Kenya. It was a great time and Kenya and it’s people are totally amazing. We […]
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Temporary Burnout…
For two weeks recently I suffered from a significant lack of sleep. All of it completely self imposed by projects I decided to take on. As I sat there about to go to bed at a normal time (11pm) for the first time in weeks, I took note of some of the side-effects I’ve noticed […]