A Noted Path

Personal blog of Theodore Nguyen-Cao

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Finishing strong

Usually, if you are about to leave a job, it’s hard to stay motivated.   Other than tying up any loose ends, it’s probably not a good idea to start something you can’t finish.
As my final days with kajeet approached, I seem to be more productive than I think I was in awhile.  I really [...]

Prior work experience not needed?

Jeff Atwood just posted an article on the myth that the more years of experience a developer has, the better candidate they are for a position. In the article he references a previous post that spoke to the hypothesis that there is no correlation between skill in programming and experience. This is exactly [...]

Top 8 Unix Commands for the Developer

As a developer, there are certain UNIX commands you find yourself typing repeatedly. Whether it’s to debug a production issue or just modifying some files, these commands have helped me do my job time and time again. Here’s my top 8:

grep - Prints the lines that match the pattern provided in the files [...]

 

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