Career

Posts about job hunting, workplace dynamics, professional development, hiring, management, and navigating a career in tech.

2026-05-17Bullshit Jobs and Parkinson's Law
2026-05-12We're All Family Here
2026-05-01Labor and Passion
2025-11-21Looking for Work
2025-02-16Remote Jobs
2024-12-15Wrapping Up the Year
2024-12-08Two Roads, and a Third
2024-12-03Software Engineering Management Books
2024-10-11How to Be Interviewed
2024-06-02Why Are You Still Working?
2024-04-29A New Job at Plotly
2024-04-05Moving On
2024-02-25My Last To-Don't List
2024-01-20Not on the Shelves (2024 Edition)
2024-01-14Angry for Myself
2023-10-30Career Planning
2023-10-15Directions
2023-09-26Hiring an Engineering Manager
2023-07-14Performance Review Counterexamples
2022-12-19Negotiation Tactics
2022-12-17The Compassionate Programmer
2022-06-06Mitigation
2021-12-31Comes Round Again
2021-10-03Three Weeks Off
2021-09-27Current Project List
2021-09-13IQ and Personality Tests
2021-04-17Nine Weeks Off
2021-03-30Joining a Project
2021-02-20Asteroids and Dinosaurs
2021-02-12Last Day at RStudio
2021-01-18How to Write a Memo
2020-12-04Productivity and Collective Action
2020-11-20Management Skills
2020-08-13How to Run a Meeting
2019-12-13Rates
2019-11-19Team Conflict
2019-11-19Allocating Responsibilities
2019-10-17So You've Been Fired
2019-09-27Managing a Queue of Learners
2019-07-27Doing Good and Getting Paid
2019-06-13Martha's Rules
2019-04-05The Worst Behavior
2019-03-27You Should Talk to HR
2019-03-24Occupations
2018-05-11Meetings
2018-05-11Organize!
2017-12-21Ten Simple Rules for Talking People Into Things
2015-12-28Maybe I Actually Am An Engineer
2015-06-29What is a Research Software Engineer?
2015-06-09People You Don't Want On Your Team
2011-03-20The Kind of Job I Want
2010-06-18People You Don't Want On Your Team
2009-10-17Take Pity On Your Poor Boss
2009-10-09Licensure
2009-06-15Crunch Mode and Burnout
2009-04-15Getting Ready to Wag the Dog
2009-03-31Reassurance Cuddles for CEOs
2009-03-22What I'd Like To Do Next
2009-02-11Thanks, Guys
2009-01-03Graduating in a Recession
2008-08-07Managing Meetings
2008-03-17The Struggles of New Graduates
2006-11-28Presto and Responsibility
2006-04-19Making Money from Better Software
2006-03-30Sea Code