September 26, 2020
The cave, your cave, is where your best work gets done. It can be anything, anywhere, any time. So find it and don’t share it. It is where your best work happens. When you need to go there, shut off every distraction you can. And get it all done.
September 21, 2020
It’s hard to learn something new when you see someone mastering it. You watch as they make it look so simple, effortless and without even breaking a sweat. And then you go to do it and you fall on your face. You don’t see the time they put into learning the skill. You don’t see the mistakes they made. You don’t see the tricks they learned. All you see is where they got to. It doesn’t matter how accomplished you are in your area of expertise, when we learn something new, we all go back to square 1. Things to
September 19, 2020
This is how I imagine the beginning of any software release. Birds chirping because it’s the first thing we’re doing this morning is kicking this project off. There is fresh fruit and bagels on the table because nothing reminds you more of something brand new than fresh fruit. Everyone is in a great mood, primarily because nothing has had a chance to go wrong yet. Everything and anything is possible – any risks that exist are brushed off because we have “tons” of time. I’ve been through enough of these meetings to understand the importance of resetting the team once
September 17, 2020
When joining a new team the best way to make an impact is to volunteer for something. Anything. Can I test bugs? Can I fix some bugs? Can I review your code? Can I write some docs? These are the grunt work tasks. When Grunt Work doesn’t gets done it manifests into heaping loads of technical debt. Technical debt costs your team in the longrun. So if you’re looking to make an impact – pick up some grunt work.
September 16, 2020
It’s been like this forever. By the time Thursday comes around in the week, I’m exhausted – I’ve given my all, I need to recharge. The new week starts on Friday.
