Ten years ago, two of my daughters were taking violin and viola lessons from a professional violinist. He sells some things related to violinists and viola students. He wanted a...

Conferences have been one of the best ways I have had for learning new things, getting answers to questions I've had, and making new friends. I've made lifetime friends at...

This is the most vexing questions of our time. I honestly don't know what to think. I like to think that Satya Nadella is right. That AI will lead to...

Very good point, @andrew.ssc.

Great article and well written post, Steve! I've been a software engineer for many years. Yes, I have refactored code but not always. As others have said, sometimes I've been...

My theme music I'd like to have playing when I take the stage at a conference is Bound by Purpose by Twelve Titans Music.

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I'm just curious, what skills do they have that they are not sharing? I keep thinking I need to future proof my career by adding some expertise...

I have many years of experience in IT as an employee as well as a consultant.  As I see it you need to hire all of the above.

Hire inexperienced...

This is a hard topic to address and think about. I've interviewed several people to join our team throughout my career, but I've never been a part of a team...

Thank you, Steve, for this article. It brought to my attention that there can be hidden costs related to cloud usage. For example, I wasn't aware that logging or monitoring...

I have a similar problem at work, although I don't work with hardware. I've noticed that over the last 6 months the number and length of meetings have increased. It's...

I'm very sorry to hear of Phil (Andrew's) passing away. I've never had the opportunity to meet him, unfortunately. I have enjoyed reading his articles.

I completely agree with! I've got 5 meetings a day, on good days. I'd much rather GenAI attend those meetings for me, summarize them for me, give feedback for me...

I work in state government in the US. I've never felt like I could ask for a raise. If we get a raise (that isn't guaranteed), then it is always...

Good article and a good reminder to take what we read in the news media, with a lump of salt.

Having said that I still see and experience negative things concerning...