The Daily Nerd (February 15th, 2014)

The Daily Nerd (February 15th, 2014) #

Good engineering managers aren’t just hard to find — they don’t exist

Everyone talks about how difficult it is to hire great software engineers in the Valley. And it is. But nobody’s talking about how hard — really hard — it is to find good engineering managers. While good engineers might be famously tough to hire, at least they’re easy to find. Good engineering managers, on the other hand, are practically impossible to find. This is a problem I’ve had to grapple with a lot lately, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the cause. Why is it so difficult to find these people? If there’s a lot of demand for them by so many companies, shouldn’t the supply gradually be going up — lots of talented people wanting the job? For the longest time, I just assumed I was looking in the wrong places. But recently I’ve come to a different conclusion: They don’t exist.

Who Wants A One-Way Trip To Mars? Meet Three People Applying For Mars One

If you were to find yourself on the Red Planet, what would you do when you get there? Those who made the second round of the Mars One mission (which aims to establish a colony on Mars in the next decade) are a step closer to answering that question. In interviews with Universe Today, applicants Andrew Rader, Max Fagin and Brian Hinson explained what they’ll do if they embark on a planned one-way trip to the Red Planet.

Steve Jobs’ lost time capsule found after 30 years

Steve Jobs’ lost time capsule was found in Colorado, 13 years after it was meant to have been dug up, containing a his personal computer mouse from an Apple Lisa. The time capsule was put in the ground at the Aspen International Design Conference in 1983, and contained dozens of other items from the era.