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When leaving my hotel room, I put the shower head really high, so that the maid would think I'm really tall.

That's actually a great move. Ex-devs as Product Managers / Product Owners are the best.

As described above, to me it came sort of naturally. But generally, you just have to find your first project :)

In my case, most engagements came from head hunters, and only some from my network. Also, I have a somewhat nice looking vita, which helps. Right now, it's mid size businesses with…

I don't know, I think I was very lucky. I just went from job to job (I'm 47 btw, and started working in the field ~20 years ago), and it all just came to me. The switch to freelanc…

I used to be a developer, but I never became am excellent one, because I was interested in so many aspects, including (dev)ops, qa, product management, and most importantly the bus…

I left my wife and my two kids of 6 and 8, because I couldn't adjust to my role as a father. A few months later I realized this was the biggest mistake of my life, but my wife woul…

Restricting this to female founders is highly sexist.

If you change from being e. g. a developer to being a manager, then this shouldn't be regarded as a promotion. It's a different career path.

.. but why?

I literally thought this was about the Windows emulator.

In Germany, it's impossible for employers to tell their employees not to talk about their salaries. It collides with §2 of the German constitution.

First of all, getting people together to talk is not doing nothing. It's getting people together and talk. There are companies/departments where people just don't talk to each othe…

It's a bit similar to what I'm thinking about right now. I started my career close to 20 years ago, coding dynamic web pages (yes, I worked with php3), and unintentionally broadene…

"Devops get stuff to run, Ops keeps stuff running". Following this definition, we'll always need Devops. When using AWS, there's no need for the old school "Ops", however, having S…

Me too beta, pretty please!

As a side note: I almost never hire mid-level. I hire seniors and high-potential juniors. Many mid-levels are mid-level because they don't have what it takes to become a senior. Th…

White King goes to a8, only using white squares and b8. Black has to make the mistake to leave b8 unguarded for one move. Then white pawn to c7. Black King cannot b7 because of the…

Hi, I am interested in any stories about working as a freelance IT consultant in UAE. The kind of projects, the daily rates, etc etc I am a freelance Change Management consultant h…