10 hours ago
You don’t need to be the first person to respond to that new bug; you need to be the right person to respond. The race to first is over – now it’s about being the best to respond. Does this match my skill set? Do I know the context? Do I understand the problem? Can I help or hinder? Being the first one to say “I got it, I’m on it” and then wait on it or spin trying to figure it out – give it to the person who is now second. You need a license to drive a
1 day ago
I’ve always had a simple view of who I report to, irrespective of the project and the work I’m doing. If I’m leading a team, I report to the members of the team and manage status updates above. You lead your team; you manage their results. The reasoning is simple – your team is what matters most; they are the ones putting in the time, they are the ones investing extra effort, they are the ones who need your help. Your manager should be leading you: what do you need, and how can I help? Same pattern and practice –
3 days ago
When DVDs hit the scene, the quality was unparalleled. We got an early DVD player, and it was pretty cool – not too big, the size of a VCR, but decent. The first time we rented a DVD (because that is what you did), it had one small scratch, and we couldn’t watch the movie. (Also, how pro walking into a rental store and skipping over the cassettes and going straight to the DVDs). Over the years, performance against scratches and nicks got better, and to get that better performance, you had to buy a new machine with a better
4 days ago
The Stress you feel in work when things don’t go right are in direct correlation to how much you care about the work you are doing. If you could care less about the outcome, who the customer is, how it will affect them, what the end result will be or whether they will enjoy the product – you will never be stressed out. If you worry about the impact your work will make, whether your work will sit on a shelf forever or actually be used and how it will make people feel – I have bad news for you,
1 week ago
When someone says “this is how I do it” – they aren’t asking for input; they are definitely not asking for advice or feedback on how they do their job. They are simply saying, “This is how I do it,” and the corollary, which is “Deal with it.” They don’t say the “Deal with it,” but it’s implied, and you need to figure out how to work around it or with it. It’s an odd statement, because anyone can pull up an AI agent and ask for the best path to do a job, and 70% of the time, there
