• I've been working in the 'tech industry' for almost thirty years, and expect to for the rest of my career. I want more people to do so, especially women and other unrepresented groups.

    But, and this might be controversial, I want people to have a good understanding of the basic concepts, and too often these days I interview developers who don't.

  • Probably stuff like how to write scalable, performant, easy to read and easy to maintain code and how to interface safely (oh-er!) with other parts of whatever technology stack is being used.

    On topic, It's interesting to think that becoming some kind of programmer could be seen as 'breaking free of professional life' but whatever works, works.

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