Apologies for my absence last week from the tech pundit-o-sphere. I was, well, what I mostly am these days: busy. But today, I’m back with a premise that sounds suspiciously motivational-speakery. Don’t worry, though, realpolitik fans. It’s not that. Not exactly. Sure, don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t a ‘real’ programmer because (1)…
About a year ago, I wrote a couple of posts. One was about becoming a management consulting, and the other more about becoming a consultant in general. Well, going back like an archaeologist through old reader questions, I see that these two posts prompted a bunch of questions. So, in today’s video, I tackled four such…
My belief in picking a niche for yourself becomes obvious to anyone who reads more than a post or two here. I’ve written too many posts about it to list, and I talk about it on my Youtube channel these days. But today, I’d like to reference a couple of specific posts where I talk…
As you may recall, a few weeks back, I offered the hypothesis that software is a business tactic, rather than a profession. My main purpose in writing that post was to level set a bit with my desired direction for the blog, leaning toward an increase emphasis on reader questions. And, you all immediately obliged,…
After my hiatus, I’m back with my fourth consecutive week of content. This time, it’s another reader question round-up, video edition. I’m going to continue with the theme from last time, which is to use round-up posts to do picks and the digests that I’d been doing historically. I’d also like to encourage anyone to…
