December 31, 2021
Here are some articles on Software Development Leadership this past year that resonated with people this past year. I’m looking forward to writing more in 2022. What Successful Software Architects Do What Makes a Great Technical Lead 5 Metrics of Software Leadership Team Leads vs Software Managers The Software Manager Minimum
December 30, 2021
It doesn’t matter where you start per se, what does matter is that you start. That’s what your team needs you to do is start. Along the way you’ll figure out if it’s wrong or right, but today, what they need is for you to start.
December 29, 2021
You’ll start off not knowing what to do. Then you’ll know a little to be dangerous. Then you’ll realize you didn’t know anything. And then you’ll keep learning because you’ll realize mastery is not something that happens over a short period of time.
December 28, 2021
Think back to the last time you had a great meeting, one that truly blew your mind and left you feeling satisfied. Chances are it wasn’t in the last few months. Greater chances are that it was even longer than that. If you knew your meetings for the next week and the week after we’re going to be exactly the same, leave you feeling exactly the same way – would you still attend them? Or would you be willing to take the time to figure out how to make them better? The questions aren’t complicated – it simply boils down
December 27, 2021
Because now you have all this other stuff to deal with that two days ago you didn’t have to do. Now things need putting together, patching and updating. Now your time is being pulled in different directions as everyone wants their piece delivered first but you are only one person. And of course, you have your own list of goods you want to work on. So the question is – where do you start? You could start with the riskiest or go to the quick wins to make the list shorter? You could go with the stuff that costs the
