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Fredlines, desperation, and the third circle of hell

January 16, 2015 · by Dan | in Management | tagged anti-patterns, deadlines, management, schedule | 2 Comments

Back in the day, when I was working in the video game industry, I worked with a designer named Fred. Fred was passionate. He cared deeply about the quality of the product, and wanted desperately to ship a great game. But more than anything, he wanted to get through the next milestone without the game getting cancelled […]

What not to do during an interview

June 29, 2014 · by Dan | in Interviewing | tagged anti-patterns, technical interview | 1 Comment

Whenever you find yourself doing one of the following things during an interview, just don’t. OK? Don’t suck at something you say you’re an expert at Seriously, how often do I talk to Java experts who don’t know how to use the most basic java.util classes? Or bash experts who don’t know how to grep? Or 3D math […]

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