BCBeekey Cheunginprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev·Feb 4, 2022 · 4 min readWhy Do Developers Hate Meetings?Picture this: you're a software developer at a small startup. A product manager just handed you some requirements for a new project. The project overall seems pretty simple. Roughly 2 weeks of work for the majority of it. However, hidden in those req...00
BCBeekey Cheunginprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev·Jan 30, 2022 · 4 min readDeath Marches Aren't Worth ItImagine you’re a manager on a large software project. You’ve got about a month to go before the intended deadline and your team appears to need at least 3 more months before being done. What do you do? Many come under the temptation to start a so ca...00
BCBeekey Cheunginprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev·Jan 27, 2022 · 5 min readDevelopers Need To Make MistakesThink about the last time you learned a skill. Were you awesome at it right off the bat? Or did you make a series of mistakes, learned from each one, and adjusted what you were doing to improve? Anyone being truthful would say the latter. A core par...01S
BCBeekey Cheunginprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev·Jan 23, 2022 · 6 min readThe Problem With Heroes In Software DevelopmentImagine your web application goes down in the middle of the night. It’s 2 AM, but your business is global. You have users in every time zone. They’re angry. They're unable to purchase things on your website or are canceling their subscriptions. Money...00
BCBeekey Cheunginprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev·Jan 20, 2022 · 3 min readCertificates Don't Prove CompetencyI've written before about how I think college GPAs are a useless metric for hiring managers. It should come as no surprise that I don't have a very high opinion of certifications either. I recently needed to hire an engineer with deep knowledge of A...00