Matt Blodgett

Software is about people, not code.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Job Ad Red Flags: Calling All Ninjas!

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I’m not sure this really needs to be said, but these words in a job posting are an instant buzzkill: Ninja Rockstar Jam session...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Don’t Trap Your Clients in the Bikeshed

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As software developers, one of the best things we can do for our clients (internal or external) is to restrain from bombarding them with que...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Job Ad Red Flags: Fad Obsession

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This red flag may be considered a subcategory of the previous red flag I wrote about in my post highlighting technical minutiae . Remember ...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Job Ad Red Flags: Technical Minutiae

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Ever see one of those developer job postings that reads like the hiring manager sent out a mass email to every developer in the company just...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Job Ad Red Flags: “Passion”

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There’s no doubt that people who enjoy a pursuit will generally get better at it than people who don’t. And there’s no doubt that people loo...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

The Past Needs You

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There was a great article on Hacker News the other day called Maintainers Make the World Go Round which discussed the popular obsession wit...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Opportunistic Programming

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As a developer, I’ve been frustrated at times when I felt that a product owner or manager was forcing me to spend an inordinate amount of ti...
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