There’s been lots of buzz on the topic of whether or not you should learn to code. As an engineer, I don’t have unbiased thoughts on the matter. I tweeted Jeff Atwood’s piece because, well, I agree that it’s pretty silly to think that the world is going to be a better place if the… more
I admit it. I love it when the sky is falling. There is no more delicious a state of being than the imminent threat of disaster. During these times, I’ve done great work. I’ve taken teams from “We’re fucked” to “We made it”. Yeah, we had to cancel Christmas that one time and there was… more
Two bad omens in one day. First, the San Jose Mercury reported last week that U.S. students are forgoing educations in computer science because of worries about jobs being shipped offshore. The second omen was a REAL LIVE college student sitting in my living room echoing the Mercury News, “Yeah, I’d like to study computers,… more
