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Applying for a new job usually requires to write a cover letter. I frequently felt it was a boring administrative task rather than a useful one. It took me 10 years to figure out how useful it can be — when properly executed.

Here are some handful elements to understand how to write a cover letter and how it is going to be read by the recruiters… and maybe your future colleagues.

I “permanently” deleted my Facebook account right before attending 2014 New Year’s Eve party. A few minutes after, I realised I have had not written down the address of the venue and faced a sad reality: I delegated too much of my everyday life to one single actor. Unconsciously. Gradually. And a bit by denial.

What 2015 looked like, every day, in picture(s).

I recently wrote the foreword of a French book about technical debt. This is true we have to deal with it every day although it is easy to forget about it too.

I will walk you through why I have been up to writing this foreword, when the first seed of it has been planted and well, you can now read the foreword in English.

This year, I have not asked for a pay rise: I have asked to work less. Here are the reasons why and what are my plans to use this extra day of freedom.