Monthly Archives: August 2007

When Interests Diverge

I ran across this inter­view with Joel Spol­sky today and while it’s all good, I found one part of it to be really eye-opening as it relates to my cur­rent job. That insight is that if, as a soft­ware devel­oper, you work for a com­pany that isn’t a soft­ware shop (I work for a com­pany

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What is it about peo­ple that dri­ves them to read an entry on a blog and then post a com­ment along the lines of “What a great post, I really enjoyed read­ing it.  Keep up the good work.“  Are there really that many peo­ple out there who are pro­fes­sional ass-kissers?  Com­ments should be used to