Articles for category: Drive

July 17, 2019

Greg Thomas

Don’t Get Rid of Your Outlet

We all need an outlet, somewhere to escape to where we think of nothing else but the outlet and if we’re lucky, all of our ideas percolate in the back of our heads. And if they are not percolating in the back of our mind, you still need that outlet. That outlet should not be a side hustle or a money making venture. It shouldn’t be something that focuses you to learn something new. It shouldn’t require anyone and in most cases is better if it doesn’t so it can give you that moment of respite solely so you can

July 10, 2019

Greg Thomas

Code is Art

When you write your best code, you take a step back and admire it. You want to show it off to everyone in attendance and show them how well it runs. You want to pull the plug while it’s running and watch it keep humming along. You want to transfer operations to another region to show how easily it flips over. Code is Art, not the production of a Factory.

July 9, 2019

Greg Thomas

That Won’t Work

Or… You don’t understand. You don’t get get it. We can’t do it that way. That’s not how it’s supposed to be done. Everyone else is doing it this way. We don’t have time for that. We can’t just change what we’re doing. All things said before amazing works of art were created.

July 8, 2019

Greg Thomas

Starting Over

Who wants to go back to square one on your project when you are so closed to the finish line? The bug that was just found will prevent any customer from upgrading. Or it will erase their data. Or support will not be able to diagnose issues as they did before. Take your pick, ITS THAT BUG, the one that you have a meeting about to discuss with everyone in the room and is currently keeping you up at night. And it’s forcing you to go back into the core to fix it and subsequently revalidate all of your development

July 3, 2019

Greg Thomas

Knowing who you want to work with

That whole, finding a great team to work with and surrounding yourself with great people thing. You don’t need to wait for it to happen, you don’t need to let someone choose for you. You can buy someone a coffee. You can join a user group. You can start your own online community. You can make your own league or start your own team. It doesn’t just apply to your work, it applies to everything and anyone around you. It’s all up to you and if you are able to make that decision early on in your life that the