Kasper Siig

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Not a bad place to be working from.

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

When you attend a workshop, any sort of workshop, what do you like to see the most? A light tone? Specific examples? Greatly defined exercises? Something else entirely?

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

I've now been working content creation for close to a month, after working in DevOps for over a year. While I loved everything I did as a DevOps Engineer, I have to admit that content creation is amazing, and so exciting to work with so many different clients.

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Documentation is marketing. When an engineer is looking at your website they'll be lured in by a nice landing page, but good documentation will make them stick around

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

I love tech for many reasons. The fact that it's a field that pretty much anyone can get into is very high on the list. I know truly amazing and influential people who either stumbled into tech or were determined enough to make it without a degree.

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

@dannysteenman I semi-agree with this. It's fine to be afraid. Some people will laugh at you for asking. However, most people won't, instead they'll commend you for it. And over time as you get used to asking "stupid" questions, you'll start showing a certain confidence which helps a lot

[Pinboard @Pinboard]

I think it's time for us in the tech world to speak out and make it clear the emperor has no clothes here. Cryptocurrency is sustained by a mix of money laundering, vaporware, fraud, ransomware, gambling, and delusion. It has no social benefit except helping end first dates fast

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Rather than looking at old projects and thinking "wow I sucked back then", turn it around and think "wow I've really improved". Simple but it does something great mentally

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

The only place I've seen this not be true is in Microsoft documentation. I'm always amazed at how much I can pull directly from their docs

[Command Line Magic @climagic]

"Documentation Examples" Venn diagram

[Josh Spector @jspector]

Courage is not something you have, it's something you choose.

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

[✨⛓Chainsaw Shan🪚✨ @shannondrewthis]

*gets a new hyper fixation*

Me: “Does anyone wanna hear me talk about it?”

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

@dannysteenman Yep. There should be more focus on it and more training on it, as a whole abundance of issues can arise from bad documentation. Sometimes bad documentation is worse than no documentation

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

This sounds awesome. I'm most likely going to be working fully remote the next many years, and it would be awesome to just have a 'van office' as a way of keeping work out of the home completely

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Monday on a Thursday. First my docking station didn't work. Then my screen was black for minutes. Then my fingerprint scanner didn't work, and now I've spent half an hour trying to get wifi to work...

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Prerecorded livestreams? Am I the only one who sees a problem with this?

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

Spotify announces a virtual concert series, offering "prerecorded livestreams" of 40-75 minutes from The Black Keys and others for $15 each, starting May 27 (@wmsteele / Engadget)

https://t.co/UY8ciAyrNW
https://t.co/txmqZUDqX3

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Remember to focus on the 'why'. Way too many times I've just written "No this needs to be written like this". Guess what, my colleagues would make that same mistake again. I should've explained why it needs to be a certain way, then it's easier to remember

[DEV Community @ThePracticalDev]

Time for #DevDiscuss!

Tonight’s topic is… improving code reviews.

- Any tips on giving effective feedback in code reviews with someone you don't know well?
- Have you ever felt embarrassed after a code review? How did you handle it?
- How do you handle feedback anxiety?

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Take note here of not just the idea, but the underlying principle. This is why I generally hate certificates and exams, and why I think something like CKAD is a great step. Yeah it's timed, but you can use the official documentation all you want, as you normally would

[Taylor Poindexter @engineering_bae]

Amazing advice.

[Kasper Siig @kaspersiig]

Not only is it a sign of confidence, it's a heck of a great way to learn. Combine it with the skill of asking good questions and you're golden

[Tiffani Ashley Bell @tiffani]

Being able to say "I don't know" is a sign of confidence.