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In a post entitled Please Don't Learn How to Code, software developer Jeff Atwood argues that the "everyone should learn programming" meme has gotten out of control, and that most people don't need to learn how to code. I mostly disagree with Atwood's premise and land on Benjamin Stein's side of the argument. Coding teaches [...]
Why aren't there more women in technology? Hmm, let's see if Twitter can help us find out.
Link: How to Tell if Your Tech Salary is FairMost people have no idea what the market rate or prevailing wage is for their profession and career level, much less where they fall on the pay scale.I’m tired of fluffy unvetted career advice, so I’ve sourced and linked to ten ways you can determine what [...]
"Gangbang Interviews" and "Bikini Shots": Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem2012-04-27T08:35:22-07:00
Link: “Gangbang Interviews” and “Bikini Shots”: Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem"Want to bro down and crush code?" No.
The Shit Girls Say meme blew up because all of us vaguely recognize the college-age woman who says those things. The meme is also highly annoying because it implies "girls" are airheads. I prefer a more constructive commentary on female speaking habits, which is why I loved a recent podcast interview with Tara Mohr, a [...]
As you educate yourself about your own talent and ambitions, you graduate from doing a task right to doing the right task. It takes some experience to realize that a lot of work is better left undone. It might be busywork that is performed out of habit, or it might be work that is heading [...]
A must-watch for anyone afraid to start something new, "stuck in a terrible place between 0 and 1." I especially love the very last two lines as they relate to getting things done.
On modern social networks, the question of the moment is What are you doing? (or perhaps more provocatively, What's on your mind?). To me, a more interesting question is What do you want to do?. The desire to do anything beyond eat, find warmth, sleep, and mate is what makes us human. Your goals and [...]
I've got some exciting news on the ThinkUp front. Our team is rebooting the project's non-profit funding organization Expert Labs into a commercial entity. Anil and I are co-founding the new ThinkUp company, and Andy and Clay will advise us. Our goal remains the same: to help users get more meaning out of their social [...]
A couple of weeks ago on an episode of TWiG, I argued that code is one of the best kinds of activism. Time to put my money where my mouth is. My new project, Narrow the Gapp, is a single-serving web site which displays the pay gap between men and women on average across over [...]
