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I got a Job (Ready)

6 days ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks. I've been interviewing and code-testing and otherwise rushing back and forth like a headless chicken... But it's...

Link: Employees and social media

13 days ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
This is actually a really interesting point. 13 years ago, the Cluetrain Manifesto loudly told us that we should actually (shock) listen to what our...

Link: The perils of opinionated software like Rails

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
An old guest blogpost on RailsInside caught my interest, called The perils of opinionated software like Rails. It's never a good idea to get too fanatical...

Link: What is turning women off coding?

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Following from are women in tech really in tech we have: Some things to think about before you exhort everyone to code by Miriam PosnerWhich points out...

Performance review vs company policy

~1 month ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A post inspired by 1.00 FTE:Makes the obvious point - any truly bad behaviour should be addressed specifically with the given person. Otherwise you end...

Link: Finding offshore ruby vendors that don't suck

2 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Finding good "help" is always tough. When your help is located thousands of miles away in a country where english is a second language... that can be even...

I'm on AllTop for ruby

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I made it to the AllTop ruby feed.Apparently this is a big deal? They even have badges (see my ever-growing pile of badges at the bottom of my left-nav...

Link: Who should learn to code

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Who should learn to program presents a brief look at the reasons why everyone should learn to program, and also a very good reason why not. Worth a look...

Link: Rough Estimation Oath

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
OMG how much do I love this oath!!! I might put it in my standard contract going forward :) ...

Project Euler Upgrade

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Just a quick post as a follow-on to my project Euler post a while back. Project Euler have had a site revamp. A bit of a nicer UI prettier progress-tracking...