Matt Blodgett

Software is about people, not code.

Monday, February 26, 2018

The Professional Buzzkill

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I’ve joked occasionally that every software project needs a dedicated “Buzzkill”—someone who balances out the pie-in-the-sky thinking that o...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Ownership

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One of my favorite Twitter accounts in the software industry is Esther Derby’s . I’m constantly nodding along. This one got me thinking abou...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Software Development Methodologies as Collective Fictions

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The failure of methodologies to accurately model reality is a common source of cynicism amongst boots-on-the-ground developers. I can recall...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Inclusive Culture, Minimum Culture

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Our startup has a very progressive culture…as long as you’re white, childless, in your twenties, politically liberal, and love craft beer, h...
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 ...
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