A great coder can easily be 50 times more productive than a mediocre one, while bad ones ultimately have negative productivity. Jon Evans badcodereasily Change image and share on social
In theory, the Internet should bring us all closer together and slowly eliminate our differences. Jon Evans bringclosedifference Change image and share on social
Governments are scared of software. Jon Evans governmentscaresoftware Change image and share on social
The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner. Jon Evans actualcodercomputer share on social
As hardware doubles its density every 18-24 months, courtesy of Moore's Law, and as software eats the world, technology will replace a broad swathe of jobs outright - from burger-flippers to diagnosticians - and atomize many others from full-time positions into gigs performed by many fungible workers. Tech, in short, will eat jobs. Jon Evans broadburgercourtesy share on social
Every time you log in to Facebook, every time you click on your News Feed, every time you Like a photo, every time you send anything via Messenger, you add another data point to the galaxy they already have regarding you and your behavior. Jon Evans addbehaviorclick share on social