As I sat in my office, staring blankly at the computer screen in front of me, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of disappointment and frustration wash over me. It had been a month since I was passed over for the position of R&D Director, a role I had Read more…
I have spent several years as a Team Leader (also known as an Engineering Manager), heading up teams of about 4–6 developers from different backgrounds, seniority levels, and abilities. The first time I led a team was during my army service as an officer in the elite 8200 unit. I Read more…
When I accidentally stumbled upon a presentation from Kurt Vonnegut on how stories have a shape I started thinking… “Would you be able to use natural language processing (NLP) to pick up these shapes based on sentiment analysis of the actual text?” So here I’ll show you the approach I Read more…