Erik Dietrich

Former software developer, architect, dev manager, CIO, and IT management consultant. Occasional writer. More than occasional remote business owner.

Digital Nomad Joined on Feb 10, 2019

Education

BS/MS Computer Science

Work

Co-Founder & CEO at Hit Subscribe

Erik Dietrich

Jul 1

Business Profit 101: A Primer for Freelance Software Developers

#freelance #career

12 min read

Freelancers Aren't (Yet) Business Owners

#freelance #career

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11 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jun 10

11 Realpolitik Career Tips for Junior Developers

#career

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18 min read

Erik Dietrich

May 27

Software Career Anti-Patterns: Career Development by Coincidence

#career

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

May 12

Java Exceptions and How to Log Them Securely

#Java #logging

11 min read

Erik Dietrich

May 12

Readers Often Ask Me, "Should I Write a Book?" Here's My Take

#career

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10 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Apr 28

Creating an Audit Trail for Your Business

#business #audit #logging

6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Apr 24

#discussTo C/C++ Or Not to C/C++

#poll #beginners #discuss

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1 min read

Erik Dietrich

Apr 21

Coding as the Boss: My Story of Developer Hegemony

#career

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Apr 14

What Goes Into Log Analysis?

#logging #programming

6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Apr 14

How to Become a Management Consultant

#career #consulting #freelance

15 min read

Erik Dietrich

Apr 9

Unit Tests Correlate With Desirable Codebase Properties

#architecture #dotnet #csharp #unittest

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Apr 8

Are There Actually Companies out There That Write Good Code?

#career #programming #architecture

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Apr 2

Is Your Team Wrong About Your Codebase? Prove It. Visually.

#career #architecture

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Mar 31

Choosing Among Log Management Tools

#logging #devops

6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Mar 26

What Makes a Codebase Acquirable?

#career #dotnet #ndepend

7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Mar 28

Businesses Should Have 3 Months of Savings? It’s Not as Simple As You Think

#career #startup #business

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14 min read

Erik Dietrich

Mar 24

Positioning Strategy for the Aspiring Software Consultant

#career #freelance #consulting

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13 min read

Erik Dietrich

Mar 19

Freelance Tax Implications for Side Hustlers: How to Handle It

#career #freelance

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12 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Mar 17

Five Reasons You Need Log Monitoring

#monitoring #logging

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6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Mar 10

Remote Software Jobs for Social Anxiety Sufferers

#career #remotework

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Mar 3

Introduction to Continuous Integration Tools

6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 26

Side Hustle Ideas for Software Developers

#career #sidehustle

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12 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 19

Should I Quit My Job? Take This Quiz to--Just Kidding, You Should Quit

#career

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9 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Feb 18

Calculating the ROI of Log Analysis Tools

#logging

8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 14

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: Introduction to Misty Robotics SDK

#robotics

3 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 13

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: An Introduction to Microservices with the Serverless Framework

#webdev #aws

4 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 12

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: Good Rules for Bad Apps

#mobile

7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 12

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: Promoting Reliable Code

#codequality

4 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 4

Conference Speaking Isn't Good for Your Career Until You Make it Good

#career #speaking

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13 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jan 28

Ace Your Exit Interview Using Little White Lies of Omission

#career

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jan 21

Stop Arguing with Software Developers on the Internet

#career

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10 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jan 15

Resume Skills for the Developer with Upward Ambition

#career #softskills #jobsearch

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jan 8

Tech Stack, Framework, Library or API: How Not to Specialize

#career #consulting #freelance

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9 min read

Erik Dietrich

Dec 17 '19

Promoting Test Driven Development with a Remote Team

#tdd #unittesting #career

8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Dec 10 '19

Is It Possible to Have a Company with No Office Politics?

#career #officepolitics

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Dec 3 '19

Get Work Done: 5 Strategies for Getting More Efficient and Finishing

#career #productivity

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Nov 26 '19

How to Write Software: 5 Lessons Learned from Running Businesses

#career

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Nov 19 '19

How to Get a Programming Job without a Degree

#career #beginners #codenewbie

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Nov 12 '19

Surprising Use Cases for Log Visualization

#logging #programming #software

6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Nov 12 '19

How to Write Emails People Won't Respond To: Give Them Homework

#career #softskills

10 min read

Erik Dietrich

Nov 6 '19

Negative Comments and the Art of Not Letting the Bastards Get You Down

#career #softskills

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9 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Oct 8 '19

The Different Types of Server Monitoring Software

#monitoring #software #programming #logging

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Oct 8 '19

Let’s Put Some Dignity Back into Finding Software Work

#career #freelance

16 min read

Erik Dietrich

Oct 1 '19

Strategies for Dealing with an Insufferable Code Reviewer

#career #softskills #officepolitics

9 min read

Erik Dietrich

Sep 19 '19

How to Talk to a C Level Executive (And How Not To)

#career #freelance #softskills

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Sep 24 '19

Don’t Let Anyone Tell You that You’re Not a ‘Real’ Programmer

#career

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Sep 11 '19

Marketing Your Content with or without an Audience

#career #contentmarketing #blogging

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Sep 10 '19

Search Your Files with Grep and Regex

#logging #programing #coding

8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Sep 4 '19

Software Craftsmanship as a Metaphor is a Career Glass Ceiling

#career

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14 min read

Erik Dietrich

Aug 26 '19

Should I Incorporate? The Knowledge Worker's Dilemma

#career #freelance

7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Aug 20 '19

Mitigating Risk When Depending on Remote Work

#freelance #remote #career

8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Aug 13 '19

How to Politely Say No and When To Do It

#career #freelance #consulting

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9 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Aug 13 '19

Get Started Quickly With Python Logging

#logging #programming #coding #devops

12 min read

Erik Dietrich

Aug 7 '19

Your Specialty Should Be Easy to Explain

#career #freelance #consulting

8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Aug 3 '19

How to Get Clients for Your New Consulting Business

#career #consulting #freelance

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7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Aug 1 '19

Reader Question Round-Up: School Side Hustles, Freelancing, and Who Writes the Code?

#career #freelance

3 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jul 27 '19

#watercoolerThe Resignation Counter Offer and the Danger It Presents

#career #webdev #watercooler

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6 min read

Erik Dietrich

Jul 24 '19

Good Companies Don’t Ask You to Share. They Make You Want To

#career

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Jul 22 '19

Verbose Logging: Your Magnifying Glass for Bad Application Behavior

#logging #programming #devops

7 min read

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