Why I don't want to stay in shape
I’ve been doing Crossfit for 3 years now. It has gotten me in the best shape of my life in every aspect of fitness: strength, speed, endurance, coordination, e...
Programming lessons I wish I knew when I graduated, part 2
This is the second part of my Programming lessons I wish I knew when I graduated series in which I discuss how much I suck at programming and some of the lesso...
Programming lessons I wish I knew when I graduated, part 1
I’ve been writing code for about ~13 years. I’ve had jobs in the software industry since 9th grade: while my friends spent summers slaving away at their McJobs, ...
The 30 day blog fitness challenge
At work, we recently started the 100 day burpee challenge. The rules are simple: on the first day, you do 1 burpee, on the second day, 2 burpees, on third day...
LinkedIn Hackdays
A blog post I wrote on the LinkedIn Engineering Blog about LinkedIn Hackdays:
CoffeeScript: JavaScript that's easy on the eyes
A blog post I wrote on the LinkedIn Engineering Blog about CoffeeScript: JavaScript that’s easy on the eyes::
This is where I work. Remix.
A few weeks ago, LinkedIn held a “Pimp Your Row” competition, where each row of cubicles was given money for decorations. Our IT team ended up winning with the...
Your job posting sucks.
Silicon valley is in a talent war. Tech companies are battling to hire the top prospects like never before, with Google alone planning to add more than 6,000 pe...
Why game mechanics won't save your crappy product
The other day, I was chatting with a LinkedIn product manager about a new app he is working on and I posed a “hard” question: what incentive would users have to...
I finally understand open source software
One of my blog posts got picked up by opensource.com! Check out I finally understand open source software: