Good managers are gems. Especially technical managers. One of the things that happens as careers continue is competent people are offered the opportunity to manage. First at the project and team level and then as a more formal position with formal direct reports and hierarchy. A really good technical sysadmin or programmer may or may…
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I just had a conversation with a college student, first year, studying computer and software engineering and looking for a broad overview of technology and the field’s past and future. Out of that conversation I’m highlighting some stable pieces of data that have held true over time. automation – automate as you go. There’s a…
Continue ReadingI try to update my resume every month or two. I make the time. I do the reading and the research to make it current and the best document I could have to represent me. I capture those tasks that help describe the role I have now. I edit the previous job tasks to simplify,…
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