Author: John

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Ending my onboarding 


Coming up on the end of my fourth week at Coffee Meets Bagel. Starting Monday I'll work remotely from Seattle. It's been a fun onboarding period but I'm bushed!

End of my first week!


I've ended my first week at Coffee Meets Bagel. Lots of orientation, names to learn, and tools & processes to understand! I've started digging into the code base and was able to made two minor pull requests. I definitely did not earn my pay this week and I'm telling myself to relax and to not beat … Continue reading End of my first week! →

Coffee Meets Bagel


Monday I start working for Coffee Meets Bagel.  I'll be working remotely for them out of my home. One or two days a week I may use a nearby coffee shop.

As a user, I want to gag on a spoon


On Twitter, I complained about the official Agile user story format of writing, "As a [user], I want to [action] so that [result]": As a user, I find starting every requirement with “as a user” tedious, pretentious, ostentatious, and pompous. A tweep (@Symbo1ics) challenged me on this: @johnderosa It's still an improvement over "As a developer, … Continue reading As a user, I want to gag on a spoon →

I’m leaving CBRE


This coming Monday is my last day at CBRE. I've enjoyed working with smart people for the past year, building a new internal tool for CBRE's brokers and managers. A new chapter begins for me in a couple of weeks, but right now I'm amazed at how productive a small motivated team can be. I'm thankful I … Continue reading I’m leaving CBRE →