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Appreciate your IT support!
9 juli 2025 · 8 min
You might be a distributed systems genius or the world’s best leet coder, but without tech support, your life would be miserable. Remember that next time you go to IT. Lees meer
Read at https://josvisser.substack.com/p/appreciate-your-it-support.
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Candidates: Please prepare
2 juli 2025 · 17 min
Interviewing is a skill and, much like penalty shootouts during major soccer tournaments, can be trained. Raw talent helps, but in a pinch, preparation beats talent and experience nine times out ten. Lees meer
Read, watch, and subscribe at: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/candidates-please-prepare
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Getting Stuff Done
25 juni 2025 · 10 min
It's a magical quality that will save you, even when you (like me) are the dumbest person in the building... Lees meer
Read (and maybe watch) at https://josvisser.substack.com/p/getting-stuff-done.
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Taming the monkey brain
18 juni 2025 · 10 min
I typically spend a large part of the weekend and most of the public holidays resisting the urge to sit down and do some work. That is obviously a terrible state of affairs and it is not a lot of fun either, so what’s up and why not give in? Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/taming-the-monkey-brain
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The unfortunate desire for certainty
11 juni 2025 · 8 min
Being certain means that you don’t have to think about anything anymore, which results in more speed. You might be going in the wrong direction, but at least you are going fast, which is a great boon for all the people who confuse motion with progress. It also makes you look decisive... Lees meer
Listen here or read and subscribe at https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-unfortunate-desire-for-certainty
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You can read this!
4 juni 2025 · 11 min
English is a great language and given that we all have to work together we need to speak a common language. I don’t care whether that’s English or something else, but since, for better or for worse, it is English (much to the chagrin of the French. by the way), let’s be aware that many people speak, read, and write English phenomenally well, but not perfectly, and let’s have that awareness influence our communication. Lees meer
Read the full article, with bonus content at https://josvisser.substack.com/p/you-can-read-this
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Ramping up is hard to do
28 mei 2025 · 10 min
You should give yourself time to really reach the summit of any mountain you are going to climb, but you need to attack that mountain with a plan, and not just start ambling up the incline... Lees meer
Read this article at https://josvisser.substack.com/p/ramping-up-is-hard-to-do. Includes bonus links!
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The blackbox engineer
21 mei 2025 · 7 min
Great chefs know more than just the recipes. They understand _cooking_. Lees meer
Read the full article (with video!) at : https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-black-box-engineer
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The swamp and the city
14 mei 2025 · 12 min
Your value to the company is not that you can design the shiny city on the hill, that’s the easy bit. Your value is that you know how to get there while keeping the swamp that you are in right now functioning. Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-swamp-and-the-city
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Overcoming a slump
7 mei 2025 · 10 min
Strategies for how to get things done when you are stuck. Lees meer
Read the original article (with links to additional content) here: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/overcoming-a-slump
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The gift of leaving
30 april 2025 · 10 min
One of the best decisions you can make as a senior person is to make yourself dispensable... Lees meer
Read or watch at: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-gift-of-leaving, with many links to other articles and bonus content :-)
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The gift of time
23 april 2025 · 11 min
In my life so far I have made lots of mistakes but there are a few things I did well. Taking two very long breaks to figure out what I wanted to do at times when it was not at all obvious to me were among these. I can highly recommend it to anyone. It might be the greatest gift you have ever given yourself. Lees meer
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Pressure makes diamonds
9 april 2025 · 13 min
It is not hard to shine in a dim room... Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/pressure-makes-diamonds
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Nobody escapes corporate gravity (part 3)
2 april 2025 · 12 min
As companies grow, the work changes and this leads to the hiring bar dropping, level inflation and more competition between employees as they change fewer good projects with opportunities for promotion. Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/nobody-escapes-corporate-gravity-391
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Nobody escapes corporate gravity #2
26 maart 2025 · 15 min
Companies change because they hire more people and different people. Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/nobody-escapes-corporate-gravity-1dc
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Nobody Escapes Corporate Gravity (part 1)
19 maart 2025 · 17 min
People in large companies often complain about the changes that come with size and these complaints are often justified. However, awful as these changes might be, they are inevitable. As companies grow, they have to change; they cannot not change. Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/nobody-escapes-corporate-gravity
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Senior engineers: Please prepare for interviews!
12 maart 2025 · 11 min
We, the people from Toilet Duck, recommend you prepare for interviews... Lees meer
Also: Even a luxurious hamster wheel is still a hamster wheel.
Note: Because I am traveling, the production quality of the video and podcast is not as amazing as always, especially the sound quality.
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/senior-engineers-please-prep-for
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Chaos is the price of freedom
5 maart 2025 · 12 min
Chaos is not a bug, chaos is a feature of all ecosystems where individual choice is unconstrained. If you want simplicity and efficiency, you give up a lot of individual choice and you are opting for a slower pace of evolution. Chaos is the price of freedom. Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/chaos-is-the-price-of-freedom
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Talk is Cheap
26 februari 2025 · 10 min
Problems that took years to build up cannot be solved in months, but you have to start somewhere. Lees meer
Original article is here: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/talk-is-cheap
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It's a knowledge problem (or is it)
12 februari 2025 · 5 min
Original article (text and video): https://josvisser.substack.com/p/its-a-knowledge-problem-or-is-it
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The job market is a market
7 februari 2025 · 16 min
Original article: Lees meer
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-job-market-is-a-market
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No more shell scripts!
31 januari 2025 · 13 min
Original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/no-more-shell-scripts
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Career choices: What to focus on?
25 januari 2025 · 13 min
Original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/career-choices-what-to-focus-on
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The value of grunge work
17 januari 2025 · 9 min
Original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-value-of-grunge-work
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Sometimes it it okay to just coast...
16 januari 2025 · 8 min
Original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/sometimes-it-is-okay-to-just-coast
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The cult of data has gone too far
3 januari 2025 · 10 min
Original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-data-has-gone-too-far
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Wanna career? Move to the center!
26 december 2024 · 8 min
Original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/wanna-career-move-to-the-center
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Faster computers afford dumber solutions
20 december 2024 · 11 min
Original article (with links to additional resources): https://josvisser.substack.com/p/faster-computer-afford-dumber-solutions
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The loneliness of the long distance runbook
13 december 2024 · 10 min
This is the podcast version of the 12/11/2024 Wednesday Wisdom article of the same name. Lees meer
Note: You can earn a free Mars bar by responding to a question in the article/podcast.
Here is the original article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance
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Career Advice: Learn how to write
6 december 2024 · 10 min
Even in the times of generative AI it will prove to be a useful skill
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How to be(come) a manager
28 november 2024 · 11 min
This week's episode discusses what to do when you are a first time manager of a technical team. Lees meer
Here is a link to the original article which contains helpful links and a list of books I recommend for new managers:
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-manager
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Embrace the Plateau
21 november 2024 · 10 min
https://josvisser.substack.com/p/embrace-the-plateau