I used to eat weekly at a restaurant called “Los Cubanos” in downtown San Jose. I remember ordering picadillo for the Tuesday’s specials and if I felt fancy, I’d order the oxtail stew. This restaurant was my first exposure to Cuban food. Unfortunately the restaurant was forced to move when the area was replaced with […]

How do you encourage an engineer to work on “uncool” projects? Projects like writing the contents of an Excel spreadsheet into the correct format in the database need to get done. Like checking if the dates are ISO-8601. Doesn’t sound too glamorous. Imagine if you were the engineer explaining the project at a social gathering. […]