Articles for category: Delivery

June 20, 2017

Greg Thomas

The False Learning Trap

I hear this a lot – “I’ll learn it when I’m given a project that I can learn it on”. Translation – “I’m not going to invest my own time in figuring this out until you tell me I can invest my own time in doing this for you… and pay me for it.” Perhaps not what you were thinking at the time you said that, but you can’t argue with the logic. Would that really inspire confidence at an interview or team meeting if uttered as honestly as the above? Doubtful. Don’t fall into the False Learning Trap where

June 7, 2017

Greg Thomas

Code More, Test Less

As Developers, there is an all-too familiar trap where we start to become really good at what we do. We start to become really, really good programmers. And with that, we start to code less, because we want to put more effort into design to making sure our code is perfect and beautiful and adapting and pristine and self-healing and and and… So we do more design, then we code, then we write tests, lots of tests to validate all these assumptions.  In the end we start focusing more on design and testing then constant coding and pressing F5. What

June 5, 2017

Greg Thomas

You Are Not Falling Behind

We have this constant, inherent fear that we are always falling behind. That we will never get ahead. That we have forgotten so much or been out of the game for so long that we cannot get back into it. That we cannot change who we are because this is the way we have been forever. That no matter what we do, it will not work out and we will once again be further behind. The truth of the matter is that we are never behind if we keep on trying.  If each time that we start, stumble and fall, we

June 2, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Week Before Vacation

You know that feeling – the Friday before you head out on vacation, perhaps maybe for a week or two. You stay late and rush to get everything done so you don’t have to think about it for the next two weeks. You run at a pace that no one has ever seen you run at in a long time. You give as though there is nothing left to give in your tank. And when it’s all done, even before you go on your vacation, you think of nothing but how much you accomplished in such a short time. So

May 31, 2017

Greg Thomas

New Experiment – The Daily Coder

I’ve been trying to get my coding blog going bit by bit but I’ve struggled with it a bit – www.forgottencoder.com – perhaps it’s due to to not enough focus, perhaps it’s due to not having enough time, whatever the case, I’m starting a new project with this blog at it’s core. For the month of June, I will be committing to doing an hour of code a day and blogging about it. The rules are; One hour of day of code per day. Cannot be part of a professional project – must be my own project. Learning doesn’t count, i.e.,

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