How BP manages oilfield contractors. Judges Teach Civility as a Legal and Life Skill The correlations are too darn low
Month: July 2018
AWS Certified Developer Associate (2017) Study Notes
Here are some (not all) of my notes from studying for the AWS Certified Developer Associate 2017 exam. For those of you trying to pass the 2017 version of the exam, you have until November 2018 to do so. Note that my notes are very repetitive. They are positively framed. I tried to avoid using… Continue reading AWS Certified Developer Associate (2017) Study Notes
U.S. higher education headed in the wrong direction
61% said that higher education is heading in the wrong direction 84% said that higher education costs are too high 65% said that students are not getting the skills that they need to succeed in the workplace Source: Pew Research We are living in strange times when one of my most controversial views enters the… Continue reading U.S. higher education headed in the wrong direction
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All aboard the Lambda train Things I wish I knew about Terraform before jumping into it Slack Wins Avoid these filler words
The best study habits according to science
I am studying for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate certificate, and I don’t have all the time in the world to study. Needing more bang for my studying buck, I searched for study tips based on Cognitive Science and Psychology. These tips are new – at least, new to me. And they are powerful.… Continue reading The best study habits according to science
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Startup Advice for Engineers. Do things that don’t scale. Timely advice on how to clean up your Twitter account. How Auth0 builds highly-scalable SaaS products. Serverless isn’t right for every scenario, but when it works, it works. Web scraping under the GDPR regime. . Long story short, don’t scrape the personal information of EU residents.
A Study Tip Based on Cognitive Science
When Nixon said “I am not a crook,” Americans saw him as a crook. Because negating the frame activates that frame. I am studying for the AWS Certified Developer Associate exam. And I realized that I have been taking notes all wrong. I caught myself writing “ObjectNotFound is not,” and stopped. I stopped and crossed… Continue reading A Study Tip Based on Cognitive Science
Jerry and Larry Know How to Focus
“Let me tell you why my tv series in the 90s was so good, besides just an inordinate amount of just pure good fortune. In most tv series, 50 percent of the time is spent working on the show, 50 percent of the time is spent dealing with personality, political, and hierarchical issues of making… Continue reading Jerry and Larry Know How to Focus
Always Leave a Note
Today I would like to share a helpful little tip. It will help you avoid problems in the future. But first the backstory. My team is new to the company. Our average tenure with the company is about six months. And with a new team, it always takes time for the team to bond. And… Continue reading Always Leave a Note
API Development: Additive, not Subtractive
“It’s important to think of API evolution in terms of growth and increasing flexibility. Graceful API evolution is additive in terms of functionality, and subtractive in terms of requirements. While change is inevitable, planning for a graceful API evolution is a good way to minimize changes that break things. For example: required input may become… Continue reading API Development: Additive, not Subtractive