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Objectives are a tricky thing… whether you’re receiving them or managing them… they aren’t an easy problem set… any day of the year.  I’ve been on both sides of the equation and see the arguments for one both sides and have been involved in a number of different programs over the years.  The one I always think back to was where people could be rewarded a few extra percentage points for “going above and beyond”.  The…

Ouch – did that hurt? Did it strike a nerve and make you twinge at what you are currently working on? Maybe feel a pang of failure in your stomach? Good. You can’t rest on laurels that you achieved, months and years ago, you can only focus on the next ones.  If you were to leave your job today, most would remember you for what you were working on at that point in time and…

Well, I decided to take everything that I’d done in my recent series on Software Estimation and throw into a Slide deck with some added thoughts to it. So here it is – everything you ever wanted to know about Good Software Code Estimation in one handy deck. https://www.slideshare.net/GregThomas3/how-to-make-great-software-estimates

How many uniforms have you worn throughout your different jobs in your life?  Fast Food, Grocery Store, Housekeeper, Lawyer? Steve Jobs epitomized the whole “only wear one thing and then you have one less decision to make” movement where some have followed to the extent of buying up their favourite shirt and pants in bulk so they are not literally wearing the same thing every day. I can’t do that.  Although I am far, far…

At some point in your life, you’re going to leave the job you are currently doing.  It might be to completely leave the company you are with or maybe do a side-step to another group/department in that existing company.  The point is, you are leaving, others are not. Reasons why you might be leaving could include (but not be limited to) – I’m not challenged any more, I don’t feel like I’m compensated for what I…