I mentioned that I hadn’t been updating this blog, and that wasn’t just a matter of there being nothing to talk about. Back in July I got laid off by DeviantArt. Since that was their second layoffs round of 2015, I think it’s fair to say that they’re having some problems. This was non-ideal for …
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Hubot
My employer has long used Skype as a team communication tool. This has some drawbacks, as I found myself complaining about way back in 2011, mostly that Skype is very much not optimized for big long-running rooms, particularly on mobile devices. Given this, why have we stuck with it? If we switch, everyone in the …
Hiring developers
It turns out to be quite difficult to hire good developers. I’m involved in the hiring process at deviantART, and it has opened my eyes to just how unqualified the majority of applicants to these jobs are. To give an example of this, I estimate that we hire perhaps 0.2% of the people who apply …
Disadvantages to a Hollywood office
Yesterday when leaving work I stepped out the back door of our building and almost blundered through someone filming a scene for something. The back doors of our building had been made over into a hospital entrance, and someone who was the very embodiment of The Wise Old Bum was dispensing advice to people in …