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Beekey Cheung

@ProfessorBeekumsJoined December 2021

Software Developer. Mentor. Homo Sapien Extraordinaire.

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Building a way to overcome information overload at https://www.dynomantle.com/

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Why 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...

Feb 4, 2022 · 4 min readprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev

Death Marches Aren't Worth It

Imagine 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...

Jan 30, 2022 · 4 min readprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev

Developers Need To Make Mistakes

Think 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...

1Jan 27, 2022 · 5 min readprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev

The Problem With Heroes In Software Development

Imagine 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...

Jan 23, 2022 · 6 min readprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev

Certificates Don't Prove Competency

I'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...

Jan 20, 2022 · 3 min readprofessorbeekums.hashnode.dev

Beekey Cheung

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Beekey Cheung's blogs

Why Do Developers Hate Meetings?

Death Marches Aren't Worth It

Developers Need To Make Mistakes

The Problem With Heroes In Software Development

Certificates Don't Prove Competency

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Beekey Cheung

About

Available for

Beekey Cheung's blogs

Why Do Developers Hate Meetings?

Death Marches Aren't Worth It

Developers Need To Make Mistakes

The Problem With Heroes In Software Development

Certificates Don't Prove Competency