This is an excerpt from Paul Graham’s Rarely-Asked Questions page: How can I avoid turning into a pointy-haired boss? The pointy-haired boss is a manager who doesn’t program. So the surest way to avoid becoming him is to stay a programmer. What tempts programmers to become managers are companies with old-fashioned corporate structure, where the [...]
This is an excerpt from Paul Graham’s Rarely-Asked Questions page: How can I avoid turning into a pointy-haired boss? The pointy-haired boss is a manager who doesn’t program. So the surest way to avoid becoming him is to stay a programmer. What tempts programmers to become managers are companies with old-fashioned corporate structure, where the [...]
About.me is a neat little site I stumbled across that allows you to create a custom splash/profile page. The site is in private beta at the moment but allows you to reserve a url. Sites like these are great for personal branding, especially if you’re able to use your own registered domains to host/point to [...]
Much has been written about strategic mortgage defaults lately. Bank of American (NYSE: BAC – News) is fielding more than 125,000 calls a day from people seeking mortgage help. Hundreds of thousands haven’t made a mortgage payment in more than a year. via Why Even Bernanke Sees Trouble Ahead – Yahoo! Finance.