On the relevance of compilers

Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Dalton Filho

I’ve just read Steve’s rant about compilers, and believe me, it’s not like the ones you’ve seen before (it’s much better!).

The phytoplankton analogy

Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Dalton Filho

Phytoplankton In our pursuit to become better professionals, it is common to get stuck in the multitude of choices in which to invest our time and energy. In the “My Job Went To India” book, Fowler describes how a mentor helped him by narrowing down the list of infinite choices to a set of just three, hence the “find a mentor” recommendation. As for myself, I have looked for mentors plenty of times, just to end up with lists of things to learn that were more biased than helpful. What struck me is the fact that most of these things were really important, and could improve my skills in some way (though some would require a mental leap to imagine how). What was then my objection to those recommendations?