I let out a deep, heavy sigh whenever I’m stuck on a problem and the only resolution is to drop it and start all over again. The software developer in me dies a slow, silent death whenever I hear this. We have all this AI, all this Machine Learning, all these fancy tools and the best we have for changing licenses, is to drop and recreate? What technology are we missing to be able to…
Or are you on the team? There is a HUGE difference. If you are on the team, you are there my nature of being around. You were assigned to the team and it’s where you report to. You do what is asked of you and are compensated for your accomplishments. But if you are with the team, you do what needs to be done to get work out the door. You look at the rest…
I don’t like have meetings for the sake meetings. But I do like getting people in a room to discuss a problem, always ensuring it’s the right people. If it’s two developers working in the same area across one problem, let’s have a quick fifteen to talk about it. I like this, because inevitably, once we get into it, the magic starts and they begin to feed off of each other. Their ideas, their designs,…
Right now, at this moment, you will have a few meetings that will be remote today. You will have to convey your ideas from a box. The more people that are added to the meeting, the smaller that box will become and the greater the work to convey your message from that box will become. You can try talking over the speaker, but those days are long gone. We’ve all had a year of that…
No way can I take credit for this phrase – but I love it. It comes from Wanda Haddock, a recent guest on Remotely Prepared where we talk about Scaling Startups Remotely. She talks about how we are all presence icons (dots) and heads in a square box talking to each other and gives out tips and tricks on what she does to keep audiences better engaged with one another. The complete Interview is available…