Tech Stories: The Dead Cult
Once upon a time, I managed to get a four month contract job for an information service company that had
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Kontroversial Keith
Hitting Where It Hurts and Making the Universe Like It
Kontroversial Keith
Hitting Where It Hurts and Making the Universe Like It
tech stories
Personal stories from being in the industry
Tech Stories: Learning About Money, Humility and Hunger
Earlier today, I was having a conversation with our UX Lead. She mentioned how some people who ended up hiring
Read MoreTech Stories: The DBA’s Dream Database
Back when I worked for the people search company out in Playa Vista, I met a DBA who was pretty
Read MoreTech Stories: Hidden Toxicity
One of my favorite companies I worked for was the aforementioned race parts ecommerce company over in Irvine. At the
Read MoreTech Stories: The Rich Boy Contractor Who Did No Work
After the race parts company, I ended up doing some contract work for a person search site. This was probably
Read MoreTech Stories: A Conversation With Randal Schwartz
If you’ve never heard of Randal Schwartz, you’ve probably never had to deal with Perl. But if you’re an experienced
Read MoreTech Stories: The Early Ad Click Scam
After working at the shady warehouse over in Irvine, I switched to an ecommerce company dealing mostly with racing parts.
Read MoreTech Stories: You Know Computer Science Therefore You Know Linux
One of the first jobs I worked where I was trying to build up my resume was a small chop-shop
Read MoreTech Stories: Just Because You Ran A Market Doesn’t Mean You Can Run A Tech Shop
The title seems quite obvious. Experience tends to trump being too idealistic. But for some reason that doesn’t stop the
Read MoreTech Stories: Stay Focused in Your Interviews
After graduating college, I was idealistic with big hopes and dreams. The problem when you’re a big dreamer with high
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