Performance engineers need to be an interesting mix of data-lovers and people-whisperers. A month ago I had an interesting conversation with an old friend. He worked on security for a long time, and is now part of the small group of people in our ethics team working to spread good ethics practices. He knows me…… Continue reading Performance, security, and ethics: influencing effectively
Category: philosophy
Blathering About My Career
In which I write a much-too-long description of my journey as a software engineer. A friend asked me to answer some questions (in bold, here) about my career, for a talk to a group of students. I wrote much, much more than asked for. Sorry, friend! Other friends, you probably don’t want to read this…… Continue reading Blathering About My Career
It’s not about time
When people say they don’t have TIME to do something, they are actually saying they don’t have the ENERGY to do it. Happiness and productivity require you to balance your energy.
