Becoming a Rockstar Engineer

In the software development realm, people often debate about 10x engineers or rockstars. But what does that really mean? How can you become one? There isn’t an easy answer, but I’ll try to explain what I believe it is. Over time, the industry has realized that being a “rockstar engineer” has little to do with producing elegant code or hitting […]

Restful Sleep: The Ultimate Debugger

Coding can be tough. Even the best developers get stuck with tricky errors. But many forget one helpful trick: sleep. Software engineers often work late. We get so into our work, we think, “Just one more try, and I’ll fix it.” Sometimes we do, but we might be up until 3 am. We’ve all had those days. Remember the time […]