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 https://daedtech.com/

Education

BS/MS Computer Science

Work

Co-Founder & CEO at Hit Subscribe

Erik Dietrich

Sep 29 '21

Game Theory in SEO: Building A Ship of Strategy in a Sea of Tactics

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SEO for Non-Scumbags: How to Earn Site Visitors without Selling Your Soul

Thanks for reading :)

Sep 15 '21

SEO for Non-Scumbags: How to Earn Site Visitors without Selling Your Soul

Thanks for the kind words, and it's nice to hear other folks ...

Sep 15 '21

Marketing to Software Engineers on Twitter Is an Expensive Good Idea

Yeah, it definitely seems to require a lot of work to make a ...

Jul 29 '21

Marketing to Software Engineers on Twitter Is an Expensive Good Idea

Thanks for reading/sharing, and for the kind words!

Jul 29 '21

Where do you back-up your posts?

I'd be curious about the use case for dusting off old content...

Oct 23 '20

The toxic side of productivity culture

I can totally relate to an elaborate system for something you...

Aug 7 '20

The toxic side of productivity culture

This is a great point. I was actually listening to Clockwork...

Aug 6 '20

is it bad to be a generalist?

I don't really think it's good or bad. It's just a strategy ...

Jul 27 '20

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Erik Dietrich

Sep 15 '21

SEO for Non-Scumbags: How to Earn Site Visitors without Selling Your Soul

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Erik Dietrich

Jul 29 '21

Marketing to Software Engineers on Twitter Is an Expensive Good Idea

#businessoffreelancing #developermarketing

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Erik Dietrich

Jul 1 '20

Business Profit 101: A Primer for Freelance Software Developers

#freelance #career

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Erik Dietrich

Jun 23 '20

Freelancers Aren't (Yet) Business Owners

#freelance #career

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Erik Dietrich

Nov 14 '20

The Freelancer’s Condition: Quagmire of the Owner-Operator

#freelance #career

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Erik Dietrich

Jun 10 '20

11 Realpolitik Career Tips for Junior Developers

#career

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Erik Dietrich

May 27 '20

Software Career Anti-Patterns: Career Development by Coincidence

#career

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May 12 '20

Java Exceptions and How to Log Them Securely

#Java #logging

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Erik Dietrich

May 12 '20

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

#career

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Apr 28 '20

Creating an Audit Trail for Your Business

#business #audit #logging

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Erik Dietrich

Apr 24 '20

To C/C++ Or Not to C/C++

#discuss #poll #beginners

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Erik Dietrich

Apr 21 '20

Coding as the Boss: My Story of Developer Hegemony

#career

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Apr 14 '20

What Goes Into Log Analysis?

#logging #programming

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Erik Dietrich

Apr 14 '20

How to Become a Management Consultant

#career #consulting #freelance

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Erik Dietrich

Apr 9 '20

Unit Tests Correlate With Desirable Codebase Properties

#architecture #dotnet #csharp #unittest

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Erik Dietrich

Apr 8 '20

Are There Actually Companies out There That Write Good Code?

#career #programming #architecture

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Erik Dietrich

Apr 2 '20

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

#career #architecture

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Mar 31 '20

Choosing Among Log Management Tools

#logging #devops

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Erik Dietrich

Mar 26 '20

What Makes a Codebase Acquirable?

#career #dotnet #ndepend

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Erik Dietrich

Mar 28 '20

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

#career #startup #business

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Erik Dietrich

Mar 24 '20

Positioning Strategy for the Aspiring Software Consultant

#career #freelance #consulting

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Erik Dietrich

Mar 19 '20

Freelance Tax Implications for Side Hustlers: How to Handle It

#career #freelance

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Mar 17 '20

Five Reasons You Need Log Monitoring

#monitoring #logging

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Erik Dietrich

Mar 10 '20

Remote Software Jobs for Social Anxiety Sufferers

#career #remotework

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8 min read

Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Mar 3 '20

Introduction to Continuous Integration Tools

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Erik Dietrich

Feb 26 '20

Side Hustle Ideas for Software Developers

#career #sidehustle

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Erik Dietrich

Feb 19 '20

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

#career

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Feb 18 '20

Calculating the ROI of Log Analysis Tools

#logging

8 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 14 '20

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: Introduction to Misty Robotics SDK

#robotics

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Erik Dietrich

Feb 13 '20

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

#webdev #aws

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Erik Dietrich

Feb 12 '20

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: Good Rules for Bad Apps

#mobile

7 min read

Erik Dietrich

Feb 12 '20

Live Blogging at DeveloperWeek: Promoting Reliable Code

#codequality

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Erik Dietrich

Feb 4 '20

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

#career #speaking

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Erik Dietrich

Jan 28 '20

Ace Your Exit Interview Using Little White Lies of Omission

#career

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Erik Dietrich

Jan 21 '20

Stop Arguing with Software Developers on the Internet

#career

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Erik Dietrich

Jan 15 '20

Resume Skills for the Developer with Upward Ambition

#career #softskills #jobsearch

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Erik Dietrich

Jan 8 '20

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

#career #consulting #freelance

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Erik Dietrich

Dec 17 '19

Promoting Test Driven Development with a Remote Team

#tdd #unittesting #career

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Erik Dietrich

Dec 10 '19

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

#career #officepolitics

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Erik Dietrich

Dec 3 '19

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

#career #productivity

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Erik Dietrich

Nov 26 '19

How to Write Software: 5 Lessons Learned from Running Businesses

#career

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Erik Dietrich

Nov 19 '19

How to Get a Programming Job without a Degree

#career #beginners #codenewbie

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Nov 12 '19

Surprising Use Cases for Log Visualization

#logging #programming #software

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Erik Dietrich

Nov 12 '19

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

#career #softskills

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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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Erik Dietrich

Oct 8 '19

Let’s Put Some Dignity Back into Finding Software Work

#career #freelance

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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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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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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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Erik Dietrich for Scalyr

Aug 13 '19

Get Started Quickly With Python Logging

#logging #programming #coding #devops

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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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Marketing to Software Engineers on Twitter Is an Expensive Good Idea

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Where do you back-up your posts?

The toxic side of productivity culture

The toxic side of productivity culture

is it bad to be a generalist?