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when in doubt … learn regular expressions

Posted on 23 February 202423 February 2024 By antipaucity

Because if you don’t know them, you will wish you did. And when you do know them, you will know when to not use them.

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7 things employees wish they could tell their boss about salaries

Posted on 17 August 201415 August 2014 By antipaucity

LinkedIn had an interesting article Friday whose title I snagged for this blog post. The 7 items are: We don’t care about pay scales Forget policies. We talk. We think about our pay a lot. We will sometimes let you take advantage. When we have to negotiate … we both lose. No matter how much we earn,…

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what to automate

Posted on 6 May 20147 May 2014 By antipaucity 1 Comment on what to automate

I have been in the world of automation for quite a while. Specifically in the realms of server, datacenter, and cloud automation – but I’ve been interested and/or involved in other tasks that tend towards automation (even for a short period of time) for far longer than just my post-college time in the world of…

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commentary, insights, technical, work

the seven stages of expertise

Posted on 3 April 201431 March 2014 By antipaucity

I recently found The Seven Stages of Expertise in Software Engineering. Stage 1: Innocent barely knowledgeable if at all Stage 2: Exposed seeking knowledge Stage 3: Apprentice has read case studies and tries to apply those techniques Stage 4: Practitioner can actually apply concepts learned in one context to a not-identical context Stage 5: Journeyman…

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unsales

Posted on 22 October 201311 August 2014 By antipaucity 2 Comments on unsales

I am a huge believer in unsales. And not in the pharmaceutical industry sense. Because “shipping is a feature“, and because I intensely dislike the “do it for me, then hand me the keys” mentality, I routinely follow the unsales methodology. What is unsales? It is [almost] only selling what a customer can use today. I…

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commentary, insights, personal, work

the value of face-to-face

Posted on 10 October 201311 February 2015 By antipaucity 1 Comment on the value of face-to-face

I have been working from home for nearly 5.5 years. The benefits are myriad – not least of which is the minuscule commute and savings on fuel, eating out, etc. Sometimes I travel for work. This accomplishes many good things – a chance to put faces to names and voices, get a chance to read…

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new documentation should always augment the status quo

Posted on 9 October 20131 April 2021 By antipaucity 2 Comments on new documentation should always augment the status quo

In my line of work, I often need to create documentation for clients. Documentation in general is a Good Thing™. But good documentation’s goal should always be to augment and improve upon what already exists – not to supplant, downgrade, or muddle what already exists. A prime example of this has come up with a…

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