I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code”
An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.
Episodes
When is your vibe important in business settings? What is the right vibe for interviews, crises, sharing bad news, and career conversations?
Why do people often fail to learn from mistakes? As a leader or mentor, how do you ensure folks understand the consequences of their actions and improve?
How should you adapt to a new manager? What should you discuss at your first one-on-one?
How do you reduce middle managers without harming productivity or employee development? Which middle managers should you keep?
Why do short clear SLAs improve your services, customer satisfaction, and life? How do you write and use an effective SLA?
How do guide PMs to positively impact your team, your business, and your customers? What if your peers and management chain all see the PM role differently?
What is the impact of AI on software engineers? How will it impact our children?
Should I be more ambitious? How do I align my career with what I value most?
How do you gain the confidence needed for a promotion as you undertake unfamiliar next-level work? How do you win over your manager and other decision-makers?
When a subject matter expert (SME) leaves your team, how do you avoid knowledge loss? What common mistakes to teams make?
How should you feel about the annual rewards you received? What should you expect?
How do you improve your chances of success? Why consider luck when evaluating people and situations?
Why are awareness posters, training, and trinkets mostly ineffective? How do you convert these campaigns into action?
How does responding immediately provide you with essential slack time? How can eschewing prioritization help you prioritize?
When a project has multiple leaders, how do you quickly make aligned decisions that stick? Who has final say without abusing that power?
How do you pay off technical debt before a catastrophic failure? How do you convince management to invest the time?
How do you expand and utilize your network to land a new role you love? Why is applying online so unlikely to succeed for an experienced engineer?
What skills should engineers develop? How should hiring manager prioritize candidates?
How do you estimate deliverables, prioritize assignments, design solutions, choose implementations, and verify requirements when there’s no authoritative source to tell you the right thing to do and the right way to do it? What do you do when the experts disagree?
How do you engage with your manager and peers when you're no longer the boss? Should you be the boss again?
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