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Michael MacTaggert

Michael MacTaggert is a software developer looking for work, host of a law review podcast called Amicus Lectio, and a moderator of Programming Discussions (invite.progdisc.club). Follow me on Twitter!

Tacoma, WA Joined on Oct 27, 2017 mikeoverby@outlook.com https://archive.org/details/@lethargilistic

Education

BS in CS, University of Washington, Tacoma

How to find a job when a degree and year of experience doesn't seem to be enough.

Python, Java, SQL, Linux

- Amicus Lectio, a podcast where I read law review articles.
- http://invite.progdisc.club, one of the largest, most welcoming general programming chat servers in the world.

- Hire as a Python or Java developer! Technical Writer!
- Podcast discussions (guest on mine or guest on yours!)

32 posts published

59 comments written

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Michael MacTaggert

Sep 26 '18

You Deserve to be a Software Developer

#discuss #career #motivation #rant

5 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Mar 20 '21

The Filibuster in the United States Senate

#fiction #politics #shortstory #plagiarism

7 min read

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Michael MacTaggert

Aug 21 '20

Google's Certificate Training Program is About Power

#career #culture #google #learning

6 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Aug 14 '20

the last great american plagiarist

#writing #poetry #plagiarism #culture

2 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Aug 3 '20

5 Books to Fight Technopoly

#reading #technology #books #history

11 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jul 27 '20

The Citation of Matters Called Ideas

#writing #philosophy #culture #career

2 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jul 20 '20

What is Plagiarism?

#writing #learning #culture #career

12 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jul 11 '20

Creative Commons Zero-ShareAlike 2.0 Univiral License (CC0-SA)

#copyright #writing #licenses #copyleft

13 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jun 30 '20

How to Speed Up Netflix Without Installing Anything

#tips #productivity #javascript #tutorial

1 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jun 26 '20

Copyright Holders Are Landlords and it's Not OK

#writing #culture #philosophy #life

33 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jun 19 '20

Happy Juneteenth—Now Hire Some Black Folks

#blacklivesmatter #career #hiring #interview

6 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jun 8 '20

King Google's Song

#interview #poetry #blacklivesmatter #career

2 min read

Michael MacTaggert

May 16 '20

Academic Property Corrupts Academically

#philosophy #writing #learning #culture

4 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jan 7 '20

Entrepreneurs Don't Take Financial Risks

#career #startup #tips #business

4 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jan 1 '20

Designing Against Disagreement at the Start of the Decade

#architecture #design #systems #2020

6 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Dec 10 '19

Who Made My Phone Do THIS?!

#design #technology #hci #rant

5 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Nov 21 '19

The Academic Bates Motel

#learning #productivity #career #psychology

5 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Oct 15 '19

The Good Meditations

#reading #motivation #books #tips

12 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Oct 5 '19

Uploading to the Internet Archive with Python

#python #web #tutorial

9 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Sep 30 '19

Invisible Projects

#volunteering #career #opensource #living

3 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jun 27 '19

What They Really Mean When They Say "We Don't Give Interview Feedback To Avoid Lawsuits"

#career #hiring #beginners #tips

1 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Apr 20 '19

ELI5 and Hate Computer Science: P = NP

#eli5 #computerscience #beginners #fiction

3 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jan 28 '19

Why Uber and Lyft Are Bad For the World

#technology #interview #culture #introduction

14 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jan 10 '19

5 Sources for Talks That Matter

#learning #podcast #productivity #technology

5 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Oct 28 '18

New Blood Solves Old Problems

#learning #culture #career #juniors

3 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Oct 22 '18

Roundabout Thoughts on Community and Codes of Conduct

#technology #socialmedia #culture #codeofconduct

5 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Sep 29 '18

This Facebook Security Breach was "Intended Functionality"

#news #security #technology #privacy

2 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Aug 23 '18

whiletruefm 0017: RE:Open Source Has Not Failed

#podcast #opensource #culture #career

3 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Aug 20 '18

Have you gotten advice against something and then done that thing all the time?

#discuss #career #advice #tips

1 min read

Aug 16 '18

Open Source Has Not Failed. Don't Cover Up Corporate Abuse of Open Source

#opensource #technology #career #rant

7 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Jul 6 '18

Angry! Praise Funds that Dump Facebook Over Transparency

#technology #privacy #surveillance #rant

5 min read

Michael MacTaggert

Mar 22 '18

The Questions We're Not Asking About the Uber Death

#testing #automation #technology

7 min read

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