On the interesting question of: Should you make your career your passion, or find a job that allows you to spend time on it outside of work?Some thought provoking articles here:https://hbr.org/2021/06/your-job-doesnt-have-to-be-your-passionhttps://ww...

I haven't done a speech on stage but I have performed music in public (amateur Celtic harp player in my spare time) - the preparations that musicians do for performance may also help for speeches? In the run up to performing I record myself a lot. Al...

When I was a child I wanted to be a fiction writer but ended up as a software engineer - I'd say they both involve creative problem solving, moments of inspiration, and translating an idea into symbols. However it's much quicker and feedback is much ...

Hi Dell this is fascinating thanks very much for this  My Dad is a mechanical engineer in advanced composites (recently retired) it sounds like your Dad is a similar inspiration to you as mine is to me  I am very curious about the low level work, h...

Hi Dell, how would you say the task of programming (as in writing the code) differs now from then? I get the impression that in the 1970s/1980s it was more low level and you needed to be very precise and organised eg. doing your own memory management...