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I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code”

Eric Brechner

An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.

technology software how-to

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9:31

Natural consequences

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/10/07

Why do people often fail to learn from mistakes? As a leader or mentor, how do you ensure folks understand the consequences of their actions and improve?

10:18

Meet the new boss

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/09/08

How should you adapt to a new manager? What should you discuss at your first one-on-one?

10:42

Middle manager massacre (span sanity part deux)

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/06/03

How do you reduce middle managers without harming productivity or employee development? Which middle managers should you keep?

10:46

Can we agree on something? (SLAs)

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/05/06

Why do short clear SLAs improve your services, customer satisfaction, and life? How do you write and use an effective SLA?

12:09

Managing PMs

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/04/08

How do guide PMs to positively impact your team, your business, and your customers? What if your peers and management chain all see the PM role differently?

07:49

Is The Terminator coming for you?

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/03/11

What is the impact of AI on software engineers? How will it impact our children?

07:16

Everybody wants to rule the world

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2025/02/11

Should I be more ambitious? How do I align my career with what I value most?

10:19

What, me worry? Promotions and confidence

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/11/12

How do you gain the confidence needed for a promotion as you undertake unfamiliar next-level work? How do you win over your manager and other decision-makers?

08:58

Knowledge loss

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/10/08

When a subject matter expert (SME) leaves your team, how do you avoid knowledge loss? What common mistakes to teams make?

09:17

Just rewards?

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/09/11

How should you feel about the annual rewards you received? What should you expect?

10:21

Do you feel lucky?

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/06/04

How do you improve your chances of success? Why consider luck when evaluating people and situations?

07:29

I wasn't aware

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/05/14

Why are awareness posters, training, and trinkets mostly effective? How do you convert these campaigns into action?

09:18

No time like the present

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/04/02

How does responding immediately provide you with essential slack time? How can eschewing prioritization help you prioritize?

08:56

Productive power sharing

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/03/05

When a project has multiple leaders, how do you quickly make aligned decisions that stick? Who has final say without abusing that power?

08:34

How to pay off (technical) debt

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2024/02/13

How do you pay off technical debt before a catastrophic failure? How do you convince management to invest the time?

11:29

Break the ice blocking your job search

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2023/11/07

How do you expand and utilize your network to land a new role you love? Why is applying online so unlikely to succeed for an experienced engineer?

10:13

High on high potential--drunk on a fallacy

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2023/10/10

What skills should engineers develop? How should hiring manager prioritize candidates?

09:37

What’s this now? Dealing with ambiguity

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2023/09/12

How do you estimate deliverables, prioritize assignments, design solutions, choose implementations, and verify requirements when there’s no authoritative source to tell you the right thing to do and the right way to do it? What do you do when the experts disagree?

07:05

Been the boss

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2023/08/01

How do you engage with your manager and peers when you're no longer the boss? Should you be the boss again?

07:35

A matter of degrees

I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code” ·

2023/06/06

Is getting an advanced degree worth the time, effort, and cost? Does the university you choose matter?

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