I joined Google’s software engineering team in 2001 when I was 55 years old. That’s right, I said fifty-five, as in five five. I was the oldest employee at Google for the entire four years I was th... (more)

I have an uncommon perspective, as I'm white, and my wife and kids are black. As such, we make a good "controlled experiment". I can see first-hand how my wife and kids are treated when people know... (more)

OK, I read the top answer here and found it unacceptable. Here's my blog post in response to the top answer (blog is here: http://siberianfruit.com ):

The overwhelmingly popular top answer to the ... (more)

You can google it, or use something like http://www.stickerapp.com to make your own.  You know, use the techie scum products that make it easy to find something, even if it's to show your displeasu... (more)

Save your money instead of spending it. Let's say you make a normal engineering salary, something like $120k.

Save $5k into your IRA, pay a bunch in taxes, and you'll have about $72k leftover, or... (more)

More and more books are coming out following up on Steve Blank's work, but
some of the best information is still available as case studies on blogs and discussion groups rather than in literature. ... (more)