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A change of seasons

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 sergiuoltean

Fundamental techniques of handling people Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment. There you are; human nature… Continue reading A change of seasons

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Football Manager

May 22, 2020 sergiuoltean

You read it right. Today I'm gonna talk about my strategy that I used when I was playing this game. https://s2.dmcdn.net/v/AdDAh1LfLIUPbwg4i/x1080 I started with a mediocre team in 2nd tier. I was their manager. My goal was to promote it to 1st tier. I knew my chances are not that good, so the first thing… Continue reading Football Manager

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We, the misfits

May 9, 2020 sergiuoltean

Have you ever feel that something is wrong with you? That you are swimming against the current. Well you might not be the only one. Some of us we like to say we write clean code, but are we clean coders? Do we apply the boy scout rule? At least we try. For us writing… Continue reading We, the misfits

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Software Polyglots

March 27, 2020May 3, 2020 sergiuoltean

When we start to work in the IT industry we usually select a development language and stick to it. At least that's what I did. And my language of choice was Java. Never wanted to hear about any other languages. Focused my time and energy into learning as much as I could about it. Was… Continue reading Software Polyglots

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(Bad) Business kills coding

August 2, 2018April 15, 2020 sergiuoltean

We're all in this because we love to code. The code has no feelings, it is real and quantifiable. We want to write the best code possible, to be proud of it. We follow the principles and realize great things. We refactor it times after times. Then unit and integration tests come along. Static analysis… Continue reading (Bad) Business kills coding

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