yegor256 podcast

"Where do you find inspiration for coding," I hear very often. The trick is simple: I try not to stay for too long with the same code base. I try to extract sub-module, libraries, or frameworks from the products I work with and make them standalone products. This is fun: making new products. The video is here: https://youtu.be/ygoWsvgXe1c

Very often our managers don't know exactly what we have to do. They don't have specific requirements, they don't know how to specify tasks for us. Is it bad? Many people complain and quit. I suggest the opposite strategy: you say and do what you think is important. Make your own requirements. The video is here: https://youtu.be/a_UEkcV9laA

This year we organize a competition for student researchers. If you are a student (MSc, BSc, PhD), you most certainly do some diploma work. When finished, publish your results at ACM/IEEE conference and send us a link. We may give you a reward. The video is here: https://youtu.be/53DCw1QyDRc

We all know how annoying are the recruiters who spam us instead of finding the right methods of approaching us carefully. Here is a quick summary of the advice I would give them all. Video is here: https://youtu.be/dlPk1AE2aQk

Every time I start a new book, an article, or a new software project, I spend a lot of time making sure it visually looks nice. Sometimes this process even takes longer than the writing itself. I'm kidding about this, but it's not so far from the truth. Visual representation of data/text is very important. The video is here: https://youtu.be/l4PhrB4AytY

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Computer science is not so hard to do. If you are a professional software engineer, you can present your results in an academic way and publish them at one of those computer science conferences. You will get yourself a status of a researcher. This will only help you in your career. The video is here: https://youtu.be/ARwiHvTA4dc

When you deal with a weak and incompetent manager, who is not capable of finding a way to measure people's results objectively, you have to behave like an imposter. If you don't, somebody else will and the manager will think that this guy is the best guy in the team, no matter what are the actual achievements. Read the blog post: https://www.yegor256.com/2021/03/03/imposters-to-win.html The video is here: https://youtu.be/ulrMXmIcC4w

You can acquire a new team member by making a better offer. I mean money. But you can't keep them with money. To keep someone in the team, especially if this is a top performer, you need two things: 1) challenging tasks, and 2) objective appraisal. Both of them are only available to good and strong managers. Video is here: https://youtu.be/bRXaMOJMJYk

Just working for a product, creating a product, and making your customers happy doesn't mean being good. It only means being successful, rich, or effective. It's a pretty selfish strategy. If you consider yourself as a "good" person (whatever it means), you should think about giving something to the community, for free. The video is here: https://youtu.be/TM7RodFnRr4