January, 2020
03 January 2020
This is a great pragmatic book on Johanna’s approach to interviewing software practitioners. It has a number of tips and tools to improve your hiring process. I’ve put my notes below on the key points that were new to me although I would recommend reading this book front to back...
December, 2019
22 December 2019
Do not give too much detail about why the candidate is not qualified for the job you have open as that can lead to a verbal shooting match in which the candidate feels compelled to argue each point.
04 December 2019
Interviewers assess you relative to other candidates they have met. There is no standardized grading system.
September, 2019
12 September 2019
An interesting scenario cropped up with a mentor/protege in a technical mentoring scenario.
10 September 2019
References
04 September 2019
Situation - state of affairs, fact based, unambigous, non-controversial
Complication - what’s changed, making things harder
Question - questions raised by S and C
Answer - answer-first, pyramid-shaped, evidence-based, resolves C 100%
August, 2019
16 August 2019
SaaS Metrics 2.0 – Detailed Definitions
12 August 2019
Benefits of async comms
July, 2019
25 July 2019
Based off the following TED talk Peter Doolittle: How your “working memory” makes sense of the world
24 July 2019
This post is still being fleshed out. Come back later for more meaningful information.
23 July 2019
At MYOB we’ve been improving our graduate programme for software developers. Today I would like to share some of the insights we’ve gained over the last few years around a practice I call technical mentorship.
22 July 2019
Where I work we’ve been improving our graduate programme for software developers. Today I would like to share some of the insights we’ve gained over the last few years around how to do this better.
19 July 2019
Based off the following podcast https://www.codependencynomore.com/session19/o
19 July 2019
Today I want to spend some time thinking through what to look for when hiring a graduate software developer. Prior to being involved in our graduate programme I would never have thought this was an interesting question. As I dig more into it I’m realizing what an interesting question it...
16 July 2019
Below are some basic coding problems. If you have never coded before these are good problems to start off with.
15 July 2019
I’ve recently been looking into Lev Vygotsky’s model of “The Zone of Proximal Development” or ZPD.
09 July 2019
Notes based off [Developing a Computer Computer Science specific Learning Taxonomy] paper.
08 July 2019
Three types of responses
07 July 2019
03 July 2019
I recently co-facilitated a community Code Retreat with a friend of mine. For those not familiar with what a Code Retreat is you can learn more about them on the Global Day of Code Retreat site.
