Although many workers were successful at converting to remote work, I fear one aftermath of the COVID-forced remote transformation is that employers will realize they can shift jobs to cheaper labor [2] where cost of living is lower (namely inland South America, SouthEast Asia, Africa, etc.). I predict that internet…

We see in movies that, in the 1900s, managers oversaw their production line by standing on a platform high above the factory floor, where people and machines can be seen and counted. That approach is incompatible during the 2020 pandemic which requires “virtual” work from home rather than in office…

Use my shell script to save secrets in a virtual vault in Amazon’s KMS (Key Management Service) which can automatically supply your programs the secrets it needs based on AWS IAM roles. STATUS: I’m still working on this one July 24, 2021. You’ve been taught wrong Programmers who use code intended for “learning” in…

Being really effective at working remote doesn’t happen just because you’re sitting at Starbucks. Here’s a deep dive into the many little tricks I’ve learned doing it (from Montana) before it was cool. Photo from https://runningremote.com/remote-working-skills Remote companies are smarter I tell recruiters I prefer remote WFH (Work from Home) not just because I…

In sports, announcing the score to a game would be incomplete without specifying the score from both teams, right? Here is a short checklist of best practices for showing statistics so that your viewers focus on reality and actions. Show Numbers for Comparison Instead of single numbers, show a line of the numbers over…

TL;DR I wrote Bash scripts to automatically type out Qwiklab’s manual instructions on Google and Amazon clouds. In the process, I got good and quick at various scripting tricks, and am less frustrated with typos. Now I’m building a community of people (you) so we can do more labs and…