Standing Invitation | Kalzumeus Software
I was once a shy engineer with a pathological fear of annoying people by contacting them. I eventually got over it (some days more than others, to be totally honest), but notice the same tendency in a lot of young engineers and other folks interested in the software business. Thus the following offer, which I’ve made since 2012:
Standing Invitation | Kalzumeus Software Kalzumeus Archive Greatest Hits Standing Invitation Biography About me Update (October 2nd, 2024): I have had this invitation up for approximately 12.5 years at this point. During that time, it has resulted in approximately low X,000 face-to-face meetings, mid X,000 calls, and low X0,000 emails (from me). I am in a different season of life now. I'm blessed with a wife and two children, for example. As my availability has waxed and waned, this invitation has been a source of stress. Even though I explicitly did not promise everyone a reply, every time I
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