February 24, 2022
Too many. Too many lurking around. Too many that I don’t log into but get random texts or emails from. Too many need to be cleaned up. Too many that I don’t even know still exist. Spring cleaning is coming early.
February 23, 2022
As easy as it would be, Sprint Capacity isn’t all about numbers. The numbers are the foundation to build a capacity but they aren’t the entire story. If you’re being asked to determine your team’s capacity, there are a number of factors you should be considering. Some factors I consider when looking at how I want to manage a sprint and what I think of when determining the capacity of the team; How many stories are allocated to each developer to each sprint and what are they in particular? I.e., a developer could have 3 – 4 user stories a sprint,
February 21, 2022
You might be applying for a Junior, Intermediate, Senior Developer job, or maybe a Tech Lead – who knows – but in the back of my head, I’m evaluating you for a job that doesn’t exist yet. When you’re hiring someone you’re presumably doing it because your team is growing. Maybe your role has expanded, your project is growing, your product is doing well in the field, whatever the reason, there is an element of growth behind it – you need more awesome people to meet that growth. As someone close to the problems, you are probably thinking further out
February 17, 2022
We don’t count the least connections. We should because the ones with the least connections are the ones that have the most value. Because we have time to cultivate and grow each one. The more you, the harder it becomes to maintain that same level of touch and value when we had the least of them.
February 16, 2022
Everything is a subscription, we don’t buy it outright, we get dinged every day, week, month, and year based on our usage. And if we don’t use it enough there are base fees to “keep the lights on”. Not everything needs a subscription, not everything needs an account, a login, or a profile that does everything except cancel it. I don’t pay a subscription fee for my shoes and they are doing just fine. If you are charging a subscription fee, make sure you are making that fee worthwhile, otherwise, sell me on creating another profile.
