Measurement is important. Metrics, while not sexy, are concrete to a good business strategy. When you bring a problem to your superiors, they’re going to want to know what is your measurement, what metrics did you use to determine this is a problem. With tasks I’ve given developers, I’ve always said “show me the metrics that your fix is better” versus just looking at the code. (more…)
Aaron Saray, Open Source Developer
in Milwaukee, WI
PHP Programmer, Node and React Developer, Engineering Director
Here are some things he has to say:
Lessons Learned from Conducting more than 200 Technical Interviews
Too often we find a team leader or a manager and just expect they’ll be able to hire new employees effectively. After all, they’re successful, they should be able to clone themselves, right? (more…)
Reminder That Target Blank Links Are Not Safe
tldr; Remember to use rel="noopener" on target="_blank" links where you do not control the destination. (more…)
Why Complaining About Bad Ex-Employees Never is Good
Sometimes an employee becomes an ex-employee because they did a poor job. Their quality or output was just not up to par. Otherwise, they backstab, do fiendish things, basically try to screw you. Either way, you can get pretty strong feelings about this ex-employee. Pretty bad feelings. (more…)
Not Everything is Imposter Syndrome
If you’re not aware of what imposter syndrome is, let me share a quick synopsis. Then I’ll follow up with why I think the term is being abused. (more…)