October 8, 2018
Are you ever in the right mood? To create… something different? To write… something new? To code… an idea on a napkin? To draw… a picture in your head? To go to the gym? You don’t have to be in the mood to do something, you simply need to be willing to put in the time to get it done. Because if you’re looking for a chance to make a difference you’re already ahead of everyone who is waiting for the mood to strike them.
October 5, 2018
I cannot believe this concept is not being taught in schools. I was gobsmacked when one of my kids told me they had no idea what this meant. Here it is. Trial – you take the problem, you try and approach, and see it through. Error – you get an error in your approach, you fail, it doesn’t work out, something goes sideways, whatever you want to call it, but at the end of the error you go back to the Trial. You keep Trialing and Erroring until you hit Success. There is no shame in how many trials you
October 4, 2018
You can tell a lot by a team on how they work together when a critical bug is logged, 4 days prior to release. Either it’s the blame game as to who touched it last, what they were doing, what they knew or didn’t know or how dumb they are to really let that happen. Or it’s the team that rallies to understand the problem, look at it from all angles, figure out a plan and patch it. The question is what team are you leading?
October 3, 2018
The new guy doesn’t know where you keep your git library. They aren’t sure what libraries you are using. They probably have no idea who uses your software or why. To work on the bug you just gave them will take weeks, not days or hours. If you are hiring a new member of the team, recognize that it will take 2 – 3 months to learn what they are supposed to do and start contributing to the team. That’s 2 – 3 months of you working with them to teach them what they need to know to become a
October 2, 2018
The season where we don’t work. We don’t up our game. We don’t do extra training to learn a new skill. We don’t reflect on what did and didn’t work. We don’t think of new ideas and approaches. It’s a sports reference to time off between seasons but it can just as easily be a reference to the work you are doing today.
