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2021-06-03 08:15:28 I'm planning to have a lecture today at Innopolis University (room 107 at 2pm), about automated testing and its pitfalls. Should be fun and in English. If you are around, don't hesitate to attend. If you need a pass, text me. It will, of course, be video recorded and I will be streamed live on YouTube. Open / Comment

2021-06-01 19:31:06 New blog post: A Few Tips for Recruiters Open / Comment

2021-05-31 12:58:15 M169: Every time I start a new book, an article, or a new software project, I spend a lot of time making sure it visually looks nice. Sometimes this process even takes longer than the writing itself. I'm kidding about this, but it's not so far from the truth. Visual representation of data/text is very important. Watch it full. Open / Comment

2021-05-30 10:12:55 Hey, a Sunday Twitter poll for you. It will illustrate this blog post of mine: Five Features to Make Java Even Better (2017) Open / Comment

2021-05-23 23:53:55 The Good the Bad the Weird (2008) is one of the best action movies I've seen. It's super dynamic and energetic. I keep watching it again every few years. Open / Comment

2021-05-19 07:30:48 Черно-белые новости, выпуск #6 Open / Comment

2021-05-17 21:51:23 We still want to start an ACM Professional Chapter in Russia. Who wants to be a co-founder and join our team? Please, text me: @yegor256. Open / Comment

2021-05-11 14:13:00 M168: Computer science is not so hard to do. If you are a professional software engineer, you can present your results in an academic way and publish them at one of those computer science conferences. You will get yourself a status of a researcher. This will only help you in your career. Watch it. Open / Comment

2021-05-06 09:40:13 “I’m not sure you should worry about the effect of your behavior on the organization, because there is lots of data to suggest that organizations don’t care very much about you” — Jeffrey Pfeffer, Power. Open / Comment

2021-04-25 06:59:31 “As long as you keep your boss happy, performance really doesn’t matter that much and, by contrast, if you upset them, performance won’t save you” — Jeffrey Pfeffer, Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't (2010).

I highly recommend you reading this book. It helps understand how modern organizations, esp. large ones, are managed and what you can do in order to be on top of others. In a bad way too. Open / Comment