Why companies reorg?
Being a front-line employee, deep in business trenches, putting up a good fight against the competition – your attention is focused outward. You are hammering out a new product and dreaming about blowing the socks …
The great dysfunctions of the organization
There are so many ways to screw up a business and hiring the wrong people for the job is a distinct one. Organizations are comprised of people therefore organizational problems stem from the “wrong people …
ARM vs Terraform
Infrastructure as code is a powerful concept. More and more companies are transitioning from imperative scripts to declarative models. If you are an IT guy or avid DevOps in one of those companies you might …
How to coordinate SQL database schema update with application
Nearly every application developer on planet Earth that has a web service and a database, has faced this problem. How to upgrade a database and an application that expects a specific database schema in such …
Should you work for Microsoft, Salesforce, Amazon, Google, Facebook or Oracle?
This post is inspired by the question of a friend who is looking for the next challenge. He is interviewing with a few big companies and was interested to learn about my experience with Salesforce …
How to build a credit history for new immigrants
The reality of life in the United State is such that your creditworthiness means the difference between making ends meet and living a good life. It is incredibly hard to live in the US exclusively …
How to make money after a lay-off
Coronavirus pandemic is a sledgehammer for the US economy, which was deemed overdue for a recession by multiple economic pundits. Small businesses have laid off staff because their income diminished overnight due to mandatory quarantine …
COVID 19: The good news (updated March 25)
The world is overwhelmed with negative information about the spread of the deadly virus. Media outlets are tracking negative effects very closely and carefully. To the average earthling, it seems that the world is coming …
How to ace an online interview
The real world is on lockdown due to an outbreak of illness and technology companies are asking their employees to work from home. You have just started looking for a new job when suddenly established …
How to start a new life in the US
We talked about a path for legal immigration into the US recently. This post is a continuation of the journey. It picks up at the point when all paperwork is complete and you are ready …