I cannot disagree with any of the points D. Burkus’ makes. To elaborate on the effects of keep compensation secret (D. Burkus talks about salary, but that’s only one way of compensating people) are: It gives the company a negotiation advantage, the information asymmetry D. Burkus talks about. If people knew what everyone made, the company couldn’t pay […]
Don’t do it! Don’t succumb to the fantasy of that warm and fuzzy upgrade. I’m a software developer; more specifically, an embedded software developer. For those who don’t know what “embedded” means, it’s software that runs hidden inside a machine, often with no obvious interface to the user. The world is filled with machines running […]
Anyone who has worked with IPv4 networking has learned about the loopback address. To explain, say your system cannot connect to the Internet. The problem could be any of the following: Your router isn’t forwarding your IP packets to the Internet. Your internal network isn’t forwarding your packets to the router. Your system isn’t transmitting packets to […]
Hello. Welcome to my blog page. My name is Bob Weber. I’m an embedded software consultant with over 25 years of experience in embedded software development. I’ve worked in a lot of industries, but I’ve found I prefer to work in smaller companies, where I can make more of an impact, and in faster-paced consumer […]