I've heard a few people say that docs for code should be structured more for AI/automation/agents than humans. Or it should be in both formats. Not sure what makes...

I'm a big fan of post-mortems. Especially, when...

I consider myself to be someone who can work well with customers. In my previous job, our IT staff was two people. When I had to speak with one of...

As I near retirement, the concept of a side job has been on my mind more often.

As my career winds down, I find myself wondering what, if any, technical...

Ten years ago, two of my daughters were taking violin and viola lessons from a professional violinist. He sells some things related to violinists and viola students. He wanted a...

Conferences have been one of the best ways I have had for learning new things, getting answers to questions I've had, and making new friends. I've made lifetime friends at...

This is the most vexing questions of our time. I honestly don't know what to think. I like to think that Satya Nadella is right. That AI will lead to...

Very good point, @andrew.ssc.

Great article and well written post, Steve! I've been a software engineer for many years. Yes, I have refactored code but not always. As others have said, sometimes I've been...

My theme music I'd like to have playing when I take the stage at a conference is Bound by Purpose by Twelve Titans Music.

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I'm just curious, what skills do they have that they are not sharing? I keep thinking I need to future proof my career by adding some expertise...

I have many years of experience in IT as an employee as well as a consultant.  As I see it you need to hire all of the above.

Hire inexperienced...

This is a hard topic to address and think about. I've interviewed several people to join our team throughout my career, but I've never been a part of a team...

Thank you, Steve, for this article. It brought to my attention that there can be hidden costs related to cloud usage. For example, I wasn't aware that logging or monitoring...

I have a similar problem at work, although I don't work with hardware. I've noticed that over the last 6 months the number and length of meetings have increased. It's...