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I've got a few young boys, definitely too young for this at the moment, but I'm hoping to ensure that they become proficient typists at the right time. When I was younger our eleme…

What can be done with software is pretty immense now, but I think we tend to underestimate how much code being written in the industry is aimed at the maintenance of applications w…

This is a good answer although I think someone with this ability is approaching the level of lead. It's an ideal senior, but many seniors don't demonstrate all of these qualities. …

All good answers, but I'll also add in 'failing upward'. Some people get promoted because of social dynamics, not skill level.

A 'well-defined career development framework' is a nice to have for most companies, but ultimately beholden to the lived reality of the business. Does the tech being used offer thi…

I took a class on it around 2013 in college, mainly out of interest, not because I wanted to use it. It was that experience that convinced me I'd never actually want to work with i…

I'd add to 97 things every programmer should know, there is also a '97 things every architect should know', which is just as good.

In my career books have paled in comparison to real world experience, and finding myself far outside of my comfort zone. The two major advances I've gained in skill were a) complet…

I acted as a Salesforce developer about ten years ago, and have since moved on to different stacks, but I figure this experience will be good to have in my back pocket. I'm curious…

I have a similar problem with a different background. Great pension and salary with a stress-free job that I leave at home. It's also a problem with the modern world. We lack commu…

A little pre-amble, I make a good but moderate salary at a company with a great culture. For the most part I don't experience much stress day to day, and don't bring work home with…

I'm interested in doing some research on the long-term outlook of a few programming languages and technologies, and am wondering if there is a de-facto place, or a few places, to g…

For me I think it was more about making the process of learning explicit, and the corollary that there is no such thing as 'complete knowledge'. Where I think for a lot of people t…

I've been studying history privately for about 8 years now, and 'Maps of Time' by David Christian has fundamentally changed the way I look at the progression of mankind. Essentiall…