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… — Jon Evans Copy Share Image
The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos. Geeks. Nerds. People who needed to know how machines… — Jon Evans Copy Share
I've been a software engineer, a novelist, a journalist, and a manager - and managing developers is easily the trickiest thing I've ever done. — Jon Evans Copy Share
Every time you log in to Facebook, every time you click on your News Feed, every time you Like a photo, every time you… — Jon Evans Copy Share
In theory, the Internet should bring us all closer together and slowly eliminate our differences. — Jon Evans Copy Share
To succeed in the tech industry, you start businesses, make money, and make smart investments. But to succeed in the tech community, you do… — Jon Evans Copy Share
I don't mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he's done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. I do mind that… — Jon Evans Copy Share
To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence… — Jon Evans Copy Share
It is probable that Facebook boasts the broadest, deepest, and most comprehensive dataset of human information, interests, and activity ever collected. — Jon Evans Copy Share
“The Labyrinth, a walled garden where humans tortured plants and flowers into growing in straight lines and sharp corners so unnatural that it hurt… — Jon Evans Copy Share
Traditional technical interviews are terrible for everyone. They're a bad way for companies to evaluate candidates. They're a bad way for candidates to evaluate… — Jon Evans Copy Share
Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is… — Jon Evans Copy Share
It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil. — Jon Evans Copy Share
The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble… — Jon Evans Copy Share
