Tag: software development
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Update: Pasting Flickr embed codes into WordPress blocks
An easy way to use Flickr images in your WordPress posts.
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Another bug in the WordPress block editor and frustration trying to get WordPress.com Support to believe me
Let me start by saying that software support is a wicked hard job. I’ve worked in the industry more than 30 years and have experienced it firsthand on support rotations. Until the latest update to WordPress’s block editor, it was possible to flow text around an image following these steps: Insert an image, either using…
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The wilderness years
I was fired one year ago today. I’m in a better place in my career now than I’ve been in eight years.
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Pasting Flickr embed codes into WordPress blocks no longer works
I’m frustrated with some changes WordPress made around embedding images from Flickr into posts.
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Last day
I quit my job — the one I started in January. I got a better offer, one I just had to take.
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I suppose having my midlife crisis in startup software companies was better than buying a sports car or dating younger women
Now that I’ve been in my new job a couple of months I’m pausing to reflect on what I want out of the rest of my career.
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Day one
I start a new job today. Here are my thoughts on my transition to this role.
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I always thought the reward for doing a good job was that you got to keep the job
I was unexpectedly let go from my job recently, after doing what was widely seen as a good job. It stings.
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Beginning a new adventure
Thoughts on starting a new job, as Director of Engineering at a software startup.
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The hot girl at the dance
“Oh my gosh, Jim, you’re the hot girl at the dance!” A former boss called to ask about my week on the job hunt, and that’s what she said after I told her. What a week it was! I landed a short-term consulting job with a startup software company. It starts today. An interview with…
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I feel like George Bailey at the end of It’s a Wonderful Life
As soon as I got the news that I was being laid off at work, I texted my closest friends and colleagues with the news. And after I packed my office into my car and drove home, I emailed a bunch more friends and colleagues. I’ve worked for a lot of software companies in my career.…