Month: August 2018

August 16, 2018

Greg Thomas

Lead their Weaknesses

We pick teams based on strength and accomplishments. And when we put them all together we expect magical things to occur. But sometimes the better approach is to Lead by their Weaknesses – not to showcase and single out where everyone is weak (I hope this is obvious) but rather to make a note where they need help, make a plan, figure out what needs to be done and focus your energies there. If you are already pumping out code morning, noon and night with ease that’s not where I’m going to help you.  Where I’m going to help you

August 15, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Hot Feature

The Hot Feature is the greatest piece of code ever realized. It starts off as a bug. But not just any but, a customer bug. And not just any bug, but a customer “going bananas, hard to find but oh so good” bug that threatens their use of your product going forward. So you promise to fix the bug. But when you look at the bug, it’s not a bug at all, it’s something new (perhaps life, but probably not), it’s a feature. So now what do you do? You roll-out the hot feature – no matter how big it

August 14, 2018

Greg Thomas

Walking Away At what you are Good At

Over the past few months, I’ve been observing someone who is leaving something they are really good at. Scary good. And all I can think of is – how amazing will they be at whatever they do next and what level of confidence do they have to not feel pressured to keep going at this thing that they excel at. I don’t know if I could do that, I don’t know if I ever have or ever will. But if you can do that and are worried about what comes next – don’t be – you’re going to be just

August 13, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Unsubscribed Subscription

I still look at emails I want to unsubscribe from and go – “but if I unsubscribe, they’ll know I’m a real person, that I exist, maybe they won’t take me off their list”. And when I do unsubscribe, I immediately get the email back that says – “It might take a week to remove you from our list”.  When I picture this, I think of my subscription being sent to headquarters in an envelope labeled “Unsubscribed” that has a stamp on it.  Someone must now open it with a letter cutter and then carefully pour over my request for

August 10, 2018

Greg Thomas

We Do Things Differently

We have super standards. Our systems are more complicated. We’re not like everyone else. We have the most intense channel. If we go down, we are in trouble. You can come up with as many lines as you want but at the end of the day it still boils down to this – “Leading teams and delivering Code” – and if you aren’t doing those things, yes you are different, but the bigger question is – what are you doing?

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