April 14, 2021
When you’re honest. When you tell it like it is. When you don’t sugarcoat it. When you’re upfront. When you don’t speak in hushed tones or backrooms. When the answers are clear and concise. And most importantly, when you say – “I don’t know.” Those three words are the starting point to making anything better because then you know where you stand, where your team stands and what you need to do move forward. Before that though, it’s all words.
April 13, 2021
There is a scene in any number of action movies where the new student tries to defeat their teacher and ultimately fails. Then the teacher says – “Again” or “Begin” or “Start” – or anything to that ilk that forces the new student to dust themselves off, shake off whatever happened, and get back up and try it again. In the beginning it starts with anger, the student is frustrated, but then, slowly it changes to acceptance, they see the cracks of success starting to shine through. They see pieces coming into view and then there is the breakthrough. We
April 11, 2021
You know the part of the problem I’m talking about. The moment where it all becomes clear, when what you need to do is in front of you and you know what the next steps are to solve it. That AHA or Eureka moment, whatever it is that you would like to call it. It’s that moment where you have a clear understanding of what is to be solved while also understanding the entire workload that must be completed to deliver it while at the same time understanding you don’t have enough time to get it all done. That’s the
April 7, 2021
The Bugs are plentiful and they are all free. Stay until the wee hours when the critical bugs come out. No, not that kind of a bar, more like a level, more like your hand where you are drawing a line in the sand and saying – “this is how far we’ll go until we get into trouble”. The problem with a bug bar, is no one wants to admit when they are almost in trouble, when things are getting dicey, when hard decisions have to be made. It’s easier to close your eyes, let the pile grow and then
April 2, 2021
The problem with being a Software Architect is everyone thinks they are one. Or rather, we all have a different approach to being one. To me, the good ones, are those that code and design at the same time because they are constantly putting into practice all that they have designed and learned. The fancy pictures are nice, but what really matters with an architecture, is that it works. If you don’t believe me, when was the last time you looked at your house and asked to see the blueprints and drawings for it? Case made.
