Month: April 2019

April 16, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Power of the Streak

Streaks are a big thing – when you’re on them, you’re invincible, when you’re off them, you’re not. Snapchat has taken this concept to the extreme where it’s no longer about the quality of the streak but the quantity. Streaks are great when they push you to show up every day and do your best work, but when they start pushing you to do work, simply for the reason of “doing” work, it’s no longer a worthwhile streak, it’s no longer of value. It’s time to end the Streak and start over. I’ve been on writing streaks that have fueled

April 15, 2019

Greg Thomas

Repetitive Coding

Repetitive Coding is coding the same problems in a variety of different ways to deliver the same or less value. It’s not refactoring. It’s not improving the system. It’s doing the same thing, in a different way because it might look fancier or prettier but yield no value to anyone. It’s a waste of time. It’s busy work. And if you’re doing it, it’s time to ask why you’re doing it and what you need to do get out of it. You’re trapped and it’s time to make a change. Hint: This could involve a career change if it’s the

April 12, 2019

Greg Thomas

Everything Starts From…

What am I not doing right? What do I need to get better at? What can I improve on? If you’re leading a team, interchange “I” for “We”. Everything can start from those questions, irregardless of what state you find yourself in. When answered honestly and directly, you’ll have an idea of what needs to come next for where things need to start from.

April 11, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Magic is in the Upgrade

How many software upgrades have you gone through in your life? Your home PC? Your phone? Your tablet? Your work PC? If you’re deep in server farms? How many of them have you gone through? Whatever, the case, the magic is in the upgrade. It’s in the time that the company put into making the software great and functioning that matters. You can tell how much they put into before you even start the process. Are you presented with documentation before you start or when something goes wrong? Do you have to go find the documentation when things go sideways

April 10, 2019

Greg Thomas

Lead You

Everyone has a plan, a guide, a path, an objective, a career destination in mind for you. Maybe it works for you now so you go along with it. Maybe it sounds really promising with lots of hope – you complete X and you get Y – so you go along with it. Maybe it gets you a number of short term goals – so you go along with it. But if you’re always “going along with someone else’s plan”, you’re never creating your own. You’re never finding your own path. You’re never leading yourself. Maybe it’s time to start

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