And other great developer messages… “Build Succeeded…” “Unit Tests Passed…” “Successfully Deployed…” “Pipeline ran Successfully…” Amazing how much joy these few messages have brought me over the years.
Whether it’s an office, a place of residence, a new job, school, whatever – Moving Day is always an exciting day. It’s the day where you take your “stuff” from Point A to Point B. And when you get to Point B, you get to change how you set it up before, you get to try something different, you get to rearrange everything. Moving Day shakes up the status quo in a way that keeps…
I’ve taken to reading the autobiographies of singers and bands I grew up with. What is consistent in each biography – they were all looking for something bigger than themselves, and they were willing to work for it to get there. Doesn’t matter where they came from, or how creative they were, they were all willing to work for it and they had the drive to not give up on it.
On a recent trip overseas, on a tour bus, I saw this gathering of our future Robot Overlord Masters gathering – perhaps by chance, perhaps by circumstance, perhaps on purpose. But yes, everyone needs a break to get some shade once in awhile.
Which meetings embolden you to attend and see what happens next? “Project XYQ Status Update” “Weekly Management Team Discussion” “Daily Standup” Or… “Project XYQ Launch Status” “Super Management Team JumpStart “What you did? What you’re doing? Where you’re going?” The only thing you have to get people excited about your meeting is the header – on their phone, on their watch, on their computer – that’s all they are getting – make it memorable.