Making the complex simpler for twenty-five years.

I’m Antonio Cangiano, Engineering Manager and AI Educator at IBM. I lead the team behind IBM’s Skills Network, whose courses and hands-on labs reach learners on Coursera and edX, and I co-founded CognitiveClass.ai. I’ve written two books, and I’ve been writing here since 2005.

Engineering Manager, IBM

2 published books

384 essays

Since 2005

Antonio Cangiano

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  • I Ask Basic Questions During Technical Interviews

    Over the past 18 years at IBM, I have interviewed over a thousand programmers for positions within my team (which has a fair number of interns.) Most of them are students from North American universities seeking an internship with us. Some were in their third year of undergraduate studies while others were…

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Books I’ve written

Technical Blogging, 2nd Edition

Technical Blogging, 2nd Edition

The Pragmatic Bookshelf · 2019

On writing and building an audience as a technical person.

Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers

Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers

Wrox · 2009

Written when Rails 2 was current. A period piece now, and listed here for the record rather than as a recommendation.