by Jeff Nordquist | Aug 29, 2019 | My Thoughts
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about why developers love writing code. What is it that keeps us at the computer, in the office, or on WebEx every day? I came up with four reasons: Puzzles: We love solving puzzles.Products: We care about what we’re...
by Jeff Nordquist | Aug 28, 2019 | My Thoughts
In my previous articles, I’ve explored three reasons why we love writing software – solving puzzles, love of the products, and the people on our teams. This next one may seem a little more self-serving, but hear me out – I think it’s...
by Jeff Nordquist | Aug 26, 2019 | My Thoughts
In my previous articles, I’ve described two reasons why we love writing software: Solving puzzles, and the love of the products we work on. I’d like to share my thoughts on what may be the most important, make-or-break aspect of software development:...
by Jeff Nordquist | Aug 22, 2019 | My Thoughts
This is the second article in a series exploring why we, as developers, love writing code. In Part 1, I talked about solving puzzles – one of the most basic aspects of software development. Here’s another thing that’s really important to me and, I suspect, to a...
by Jeff Nordquist | Aug 20, 2019 | My Thoughts
As software developers, we show up to work, fill the coffee mug, catch up on emails, check our Jira board, and dive right in. Code gets slung, meetings happen, and pretty soon it’s time to close the laptop and hit the road. But how often do we step back and ask...
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