TL;DR Read three books, watch two classes, solve problems at topcoder/codeforces/projecteuler. Links are below.

If you are interested in getting a job at Google, you’ve probably already read Steve Yegge’s famous post (if you didn’t, read it first). It assumes you have only a couple of weeks for preparation and…

Today I’ve discovered, thanks to a customer, that two weeks ago ComponentOne Studio® for Entity Framework, the main product I worked on, won Code Project Members Choice 2012 award in the Big Data Solutions category at Microsoft’s TechEd 2012 conference in Orlando.

This award is the best thing I ever achieved and thus I am super excited. Such awards are a great source of motivation.

Originally published at https://www.tumblr.com on June 26, 2012.