This is the third post in my series of Running free… A developers story of development.. Here I will speak about my surroundings in German society and in a German company and why I overworked nevertheless and what I learned from my behaviour and mistakes therein. This piece has been written before the #COVID-19 crisis. […]
This is the second post in my series of Running free… A developers story of development.. In this part I will focus on what actually helped me defocus my head from spiralling around work related issues and problems. Cognitive therapy – Miles are my meditation In 2017, I was writing my second book, running the […]
This is gonna be the first of four parts accompanying my talk with the same name: Running free… A developers story of development. which I held in March 2020 at the inaugural launch of dev.next. I’m grateful that Venkat Subramaniam gave me the opportunity to do this. Sadly, dev.next got cancelled respectively postponed due to […]
There was a tiny tweet yesterday, resurrecting a talk from Christin: In 2011 I saw @ChristinGorman hold this fantastic lightning talk/rant at JavaZone, and I have never forgotten it. So, Christin, if you want some return on investment on your speaking, look no further. Here is this gem for you all to enjoy https://t.co/cBRRDg90EP — […]
TL;DR: The older I get, the more diverse projects I have seen, the more often I refrain from giving someone an absolute advice. In almost any cases, there are many aspects to consider. In times when people hardly read documentation and often only headlines, an advice like “Stop Writing Code Comments” guarantees some clicks, but […]