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Itamar Turner-Trauring

Blogging about underlying software engineering skills and work/life balance - you can work as a software engineer and still have a life outside work!

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How to prepare for losing your programming job
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How to prepare for losing your programming job

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Doing more with less time: critical skills for productive programmers
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Doing more with less time: critical skills for productive programmers

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What can a software developer do about climate change?
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What can a software developer do about climate change?

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Setting boundaries at your job as a programmer
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Setting boundaries at your job as a programmer

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Do they have work/life balance? Investigating potential employers with GitHub
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Do they have work/life balance? Investigating potential employers with GitHub

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A 4-day workweek for programmers, the easy way
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A 4-day workweek for programmers, the easy way

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Negotiate your salary like a 6-year old
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Negotiate your salary like a 6-year old

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Competing with a "Stanford grad just dying to work all nighters on Red Bull"
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Competing with a "Stanford grad just dying to work all nighters on Red Bull"

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Tests won't make your software correct
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Tests won't make your software correct

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'Must be willing to work under pressure' is a warning sign
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'Must be willing to work under pressure' is a warning sign

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Enthusiasts vs. Pragmatists: two types of programmers and how they fail
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Enthusiasts vs. Pragmatists: two types of programmers and how they fail

#career #productivity
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When and why to clean up your code: now, later, never
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When and why to clean up your code: now, later, never

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The next career step for Senior Software Engineers (that isn't management)
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The next career step for Senior Software Engineers (that isn't management)

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There's always more work to do—but you still don't need to work long hours
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There's always more work to do—but you still don't need to work long hours

#career #productivity
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Why Pylint is both useful and unusable, and how you can actually use it
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Why Pylint is both useful and unusable, and how you can actually use it

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Bad at whiteboard puzzles? You can still get a programming job
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Bad at whiteboard puzzles? You can still get a programming job

#career
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Big picture software testing: unit-testing, Lean Startup, and everything in-between
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Big picture software testing: unit-testing, Lean Startup, and everything in-between

#testing
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Buggy Software, Loyal Users: Why Bug Reporting is Key To User Retention
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Buggy Software, Loyal Users: Why Bug Reporting is Key To User Retention

#bugs #design #testing
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