Something funny happens between when you start a new software project and when you finish it. Before you actually get any code written, you have some preconceived notions about how the code will turn out. You plan to use clear and concise syntax. ...
LUDA and LUTS are a couple of acronymns I've used to help master skills, tasks or concepts. If you really want to get good at something, you have to accomplish certain steps along the learning path to obtain your goals. These acronymns are a sort of ...
Gone are the days where the only people that code wear white button down shirts with pocket protectors. It's true that coding has created a stereotype over the years. However, the typical developer is becoming atypical by others wanting to harness ...
Java isn't the young buck of the programming world anymore. These days, younger programmers see it as the successor of C and C++. Java did begin its life in the mid 90's which puts the language close to 30 years old. Let's be honest, three decades ...
One of my favorite hobbies is playing guitar and music. In fact I actually started college as a jazz guitar major and considered pursuing a music career at one point. Over the years I've had the chance to teach many students guitar and bass. I've ...
Imagine if you took a person from New York City in 1850 and had them transported to modern day New York. Next, think about what would happen if you had that person try and drive a car? In 1850, New York City was one of the most technically advanced ...
As I've consulted, interviewed others and worked in a variety of companies over the years, one of the questions I was often asked by developers was "What can I do to become a senior developer?". Unfortunately, the answer to that question isn't an ...
Getting started in the tech industry is a little like trying to eat an elephant. Landing your first professional job will require taking bite after bite until you have consumed enough knowledge to be valuable to an employer. Knowing what ...
We’ve reached a point where we are surrounded by an abundance of goods, ideas and services. Whether we are trying to choose one of the fifteen brands of peanut butter found at the grocery store or trying to determine which pizza restaurant to have ...
Sometimes, no matter how great one’s efforts, a great idea can fall off the tracks and crash. In the 1999 film Fight Club, one of the central characters, Tyler Durden, is startled to find that his radical and ambitious concept of a “fight club” to ...