Software engineers should be a little bit cynical(seangoedecke.com)

266 points by zdw 10 months ago | 194 comments

I got promoted to staff engineer twice(seangoedecke.com)

73 points by brunocvcunha 1 year ago | 57 comments

How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer(seangoedecke.com)

299 points by facundo_olano 1 year ago | 166 comments

You can't design software you don't work on(seangoedecke.com)

258 points by saikatsg 10 months ago | 93 comments

You have to know how to drive the car(seangoedecke.com)

53 points by alexwennerberg 9 months ago | 39 comments

What is “good taste” in software engineering?(seangoedecke.com)

302 points by olayiwoladekoya 1 year ago | 208 comments

Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career(seangoedecke.com)

380 points by movis 5 months ago | 624 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog post arguing that because AI use reduces learning on the job, software engineering may no longer be a lifelong career.

Most arguments are about ego, not ideas(wangcong.org)

560 points by backlit4034 3 months ago | 431 comments

Personal blog post by a software engineer explaining why he stopped arguing with people over technical correctness and what he learned about arguments.

Software engineering salaries come from one of three budgets(swizec.com)

462 points by serialx 2 years ago | 218 comments

Blog post by Swizec Teller arguing that software engineering salaries come from one of three company budgets, which shapes engineers' daily work and career trajectory.

We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians(terrytao.wordpress.com)

358 points by srcreigh 1 month ago | 461 comments

Guest post by Amit Sahai on Terence Tao's blog arguing that the world will need many more mathematicians, reflecting on students who left math due to pace.

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work(seangoedecke.com)

1015 points by dondraper36 1 year ago | 364 comments

Blog post by Sean Goedecke arguing engineers should understand the current system deeply and then do the simplest thing that could possibly work.

Software engineers hate code(dancowell.com)

323 points by dfcowell 3 years ago | 185 comments

A blog post by Dan Cowell arguing that software engineers dislike code and prefer writing less of it.