Irwin Williams

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The @bobabria.bsky.social & @scott.hanselman.com interview covers so much. From the impact of parenting, to working with grace, to technical excellence and surfing through the seasons you find yourself in.
Big up to both host & guest!

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Yeah. There’s this dude on TikTok, www.tiktok.com/@frontoffice...
And he tells the inspiring stories about the process of clothes and design, including the history of Japanese denim. It’s so cool that if I had the time, I’d do what your son and his friends are doing.

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Literally halfway through this episode where @scott.hanselman.com talks about building a pair of jeans using Japanese denim and I was so struck by how familiar it sounds.
Are his son’s friends watching Front Office CEO Ken tell stories too??

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We still need
#StackOverflow or something like it.

We've been using AI to help us quickly find answers, but when we do, we happily move on and don't actually document the answer. S/O helped us leave breadcrumbs for ourselves and others.

That's still important.

Engage the Core! #Ritos

I need to spend time corralling my posts from LinkedIn, X & TikTok into one place. It used to be my blog of Wordpress, but may switch over from that to my GitHub hosted one instead.

Oh, very cool. Very 2024.

Including cost of hosting in the $25.00 per month?

YouTube video by Irwin Williams The Age of Caribbean Digital Pioneers

I was feature speaker at the University of the West Indies' Faculty of Science and Technology Annual Awards last Thursday.

It was a lot of fun!

#WeHaveAHaque

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Onboarded a new team member today. We were in the office but most of our other staff are remote.
Things took a poignant turn when people were sharing some of their favorite things.
I said: all of you.
Gosh. Accidental mushiness.

Who knew running a windows service in a container could be so frustrating? Gosh.

I really dig this interview of a cyclist at the end of a long race.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYof7Qcu/

It’s like, when people ask me, do you like running, invariably, the answer is no.
Yet, I run in batches of 5 and 10 miles.
The pain, stress, tiredness make me feel some kind of way.

I think the balance is remembering that for every question, you need to discern what’s really being asked. In this case, it’s a look at how you think about yourself, your skills and what you bring to the table. Admittedly, this can be difficult to do on the spot.

Interview questions can be such minefields.
Eg, “How do you rate yourself as a developer?”
If you say anything under a 9, then you come across as unsure of your skills. If you say anything above 7, you might come across cocky.
How do you find the balance?

Family (said in a Fast and Furious tone)

Hey, what’s going on?

I get some of the best ideas (lol, imho) on my weekend long runs.
Today I was struck by how important it is to assert that in small software engineering orgs - LT50 people or so - you can’t be too focused on roles and designations.
Instead of <x> Engineer, you’re the Engineer who is in <x> for now

Happy to have helped deliver the Foresight DRM: Disaster Mapping Hackathon this past weekend!
Congratulations to all the teams who participated!

https://irwinium.wordpress.com/2023/04/26/foresight-drm-disaster-mapping-hackathon-results/

Done! Thanks again for the link up

Hello, Blue Sky.