https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/ Well, we passed the point of no return already, I’m afraid.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/us/computer-science-cheating.html No surprises here, to be honest.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/coding-education-teaching-silicon-valley-wages Oh, really? Who would have thought that!

Yet another piece about old programmers. Software Developers After 40, 50 and 60 Who Hate Being A Manager https://belitsoft.com/php-development-services/top-software-developers-after-40-50-and-60 If there is no problem, why do we talk about this?

David Matteson thinks that professionals should be passionate about their programming. Don’t Pursue Programming if You Aren’t Passionate About It https://medium.com/@ebbv/dont-pursue-programming-if-you-aren-t-passionate-about-it-a5bd4e33cd01#.yrg4zicpz I think it’s enough to do a good job.

Kenneth Reitz writes about developer burnout. The Reality of Developer Burnout https://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/the-reality-of-developer-burnout I’m too tired to comment on this.

Yet another programmer whining about the present? The sorry state of the programming world as of the end of 2016 AD https://dorinlazar.ro/the-sorry-state-of-the-programming-world-as-of-the-end-of-2016-ad/ Why do I always find articles like this?

Not everything is cool in software development. Read what bryanedds has to say about this. Living in the Age of Software Fuckery Ten Anti-patterns and Malpractices in Modern Software Development https://medium.com/@bryanedds/living-in-the-age-of-software-fuckery-8859f81ca877#.akv5k9jq4 I think industrial software development will always be like that. Maybe creative coding is […]

While the following article by Itamar Turner-Trauring covers Test-Driven Development, it contains good advice in general. Experts, True Believers and Test-Driven Development: how expert advice becomes a religion https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/12/15/experts-vs-zealots/ I like the conclusion: “Learn from the experts, but never become a True Believer.”

Don Denoncourt on getting older in tech. ON GETTING OLD(ER) IN TECH http://corgibytes.com/blog/2016/12/06/getting-old-er-in-tech/ “Young people are just smarter.” -Mark Zuckerberg

If it hurts when you type, try this advice from Itamar Turner-Trauring: warm clothes. How I stopped the RSI pain that almost destroyed my programming career https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/11/18/rsi-solution/ Interesting. You should definitely try this before all those pills.

Itamar Turner-Trauring has written an interesting piece about Software Engineers Work/Life Balance. Work/Life Balance Will Make You a Better Software Engineer https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/11/10/work-life-balance-software-engineer/ Interesting advice. Hard to follow.