What product are you shipping? Is it your code? Your writing? Your art? It probably isn’t what you think it is and/or at least not in the tangible form that you would associate with being a typical product. It’s something more, something bigger. Your value. Your integrity. Your work ethic. Your drive. Your delivery. Your initiative. Maybe it’s all these, maybe it’s more – but that’s your product, that’s what you’re shipping, that’s what people…
Do you know what you’re up against? Another team? Another product? Another competitor? Is that what you’re up against or is that what is easy to write down that you’re up against? Perhaps it’s more… Your own ideas? Your ability to execute? Your own ambition? The other person down the hall who is trying to get work done as quickly as you? The podcast that ships out content 2 days before you? You might not…
When faced with an unsurmountable pile of tech debt there is one question you have to ask yourself first. Do we need this? If the answer is no, then chances are you don’t need it and the energy you are putting into it (mental and physical) isn’t worth it. At that point it isn’t Tech Debt anymore, it’s just stuff that’s there that you don’t need anymore. No one puts effort into “things” they don’t…
Every goal you have has many little steps. The first ones will always be the toughest because you have so many more of them in front of you. So many more of them you haven’t seen or don’t know where they are going to end up. All you can do is take that first step, check if you’re on the right path, and take the next one – trusting that you’re on the right path…
The outstanding items are the list of little pins that aggravate you and drive you nuts. They are all the little things that hold you back from accomplishing your goal. They are the little UX bugs that pop up every time you sign in. They are the customer flow that still requires a manual step to be handled by your end user to work perfectly. How do you know whether you should push it or…