Monday Links: Workplaces, studying and communication

01 Nov 2021 #mondaylinks

Another Monday Links. Five articles I found interesting in last month.

Don’t waste time on heroic death marches

“Successful companies, whether they’re programming houses, retailers, law firms, whatever, make their employees’ needs a priority.” Totally agree. No more comments! Read full article

How to study effectively

One of my favorite subjects: how to study. Don’t cram. Don’t reread the material. Don’t highlight. Instead, study in short sessions and recall the material. Easy! There are even more strategies. Read full article

Undervalued Software Engineering Skills: Writing Well

We, as developers, spend a lot of time writing prose, not only code. Commit messages, ticket and PR descriptions, README files. We should get better at it. To check my writings, I use the Hemingway app often. Read full article

15 signs you joined the wrong company as a developer

Number 12. and 13. are BIG red flags. Let’s pay attention to those. Recently, I read about “disagree with your feet.” It resonates with this article. When you don’t like something about your job and you can’t do anything about it, walk away. Read full article

No, we won’t have a video call for that

I don’t like those chat messages with only “Hi!” or “How are you?” when we both know that’s not the message. This article shows how to better communicate on remote teams. Embrace asynchronous communication. Prefer (in order) Issue tracker, Wiki, email, and chat. Stay away from video calls as much as possible. Don’t ping people on chat software. And other ideas. Read full article, Watch full presentation.

Voilà! This Monday Links ended up being about better workplaces. See you in a month or two in the next Monday Links! In the meantime, grab your own copy of my free eBook Unit Testing 101. Don’t miss the previous Monday Links on Farmers, Incidents and Holmes.

Happy reading!