developer-culture

How do you ensure continuity when you move on to another company?

With all the news of layoffs, developers may ask themselves, "I feel like I personally contribute a lot to this company, but I'd like to make sure it does as well as possible when I move on to greener pastures". In my last job, I had setup, maintained, and shared a number of useful tools for myself, like automated builds and source code...

Are insomnia, sleep debt, short sleep more prevalent among programmers ?

I know that some people are unable to function past a bedtime of, say, 10 or 11pm, and really need their 8 hours' sleep each night. I'm even married to someone like that. I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum - often up late, tending to wake up fully refreshed after 6 hours sleep, able to go by on less, used to pull all-nighters at th...