Nice spring day…what am I doing inside?

Career

PierG points out that when becoming the boss, you have to change what you’re doing and learn what you need to.

Rob has the highlights of the latest Dice Local Job Market Report.  And Beaufort didn’t make it on the list! I’m shocked!

Tim Ottinger points out that if you coach people, you shouldn’t slap them.

Community

Scott Bellware has just about had it with Vista and he takes it out on “a herd of self-interested old farts pissing on the same piece of ground”. I think I’ll hold on to XP a while longer…or make sure Vista can run VMWare Workstation…

If you want to hear Larry O’Brien, listen to the DeveloperWorks podcast about the Jolt Awards (via Larry’s Blog).
Design

Tim O. has an interesting entry on code being a liability instead of an asset.  Striking the right  balance between soluble (as per Scott B.) and too dense is tricky.