August 23, 2022
Coaching an Individual is good, you help that person grow, they get better, they figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing, they give you feedback and you refine your approach. Rinse and Repeat. But coaching a team? That’s where the magic happens, that’s where you see the strengths of each team member, what they bring to the table, where they excel, and what you can do to help them grow. When the team grows, everyone automatically gets better.
August 22, 2022
What you coded today will most likely be part of a different library. It might be part of a shelved feature. It’s probably had a few bigs fixed against it. Perhaps there has been some heavy work done on it by a different developer. In short, it would have changed, maybe it’s doing more, maybe it’s doing less, but it’s not what it was when you released it a year ago. So stop worrying about coding for every scenario, you can’t do it, focus on the now, build for the now, make it solid and ship it.
August 21, 2022
Then start. You don’t need a title. You don’t need a promotion. You just need to do it. You lead in what you do, you lead in how you act, and you lead in every step you take. But you start.
August 19, 2022
Is it getting the release out the door on the date defined? Is it reducing bugs? Is it that the UX is smooth and simple? Is it that no one burned out getting it out? Shipping code is one aspect of a release, it doesn’t mean it’s the most definitive version of success.
August 18, 2022
A Two-Minute Fix leads to bugs later on that were missed during testing and features and functionality that were omitted. No one wants to hear about how fast it can be done, what they want to hear is when can it be done right. Big difference.
