Articles for category: Growth

December 25, 2022

Greg Thomas

Creating new Traditions

It doesn’t have to be rinsed and repeated today, it can be something you’ve never tried before. Traditions are good, and traditions are great, but creating new traditions is where new ideas and growth can come from.  Where we blend the old and the new and make something we never thought possible. Best of all, it’s never too late. Happy Holidays.

December 23, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Signals You Send

If you want to be seen as the developer that “knows it all” you better work hard to make sure you do (an impossible task). Or, if it’s something much smaller as – “yes I’m really busy and do have not to time for other tasks” – then you better be really busy. The statements we make are descriptions of what we are going through and what we are doing but the actions we take, are the signals we send to those we work with. Don’t let the two conflict with one another.

Keep Showing Up

Even when you screw up. Even when you have to read the documentation again. Even when it doesn’t make sense. Even when you are sore and beat down. Even when you aren’t sure where to start next. Keep.  Showing.  Up.

New Categories

I’ve held off on adding new categories to my posts for a while now as I generally think what you do comes down to behaviors of work that you do, but I know I’ve been writing about different areas of work that I’d like to bring more to the forefront and I’m also looking to change some of the content that I’ll be writing about. You’ll start seeing new categories such as Team (for remote, hybrid, office, team content), Ideas for posts that are simply that Ideas, and Developer where I want to get back to more technical content that

December 13, 2022

Greg Thomas

Where it Fell Over

There is always that point in any project where it fell over. The hard part is realizing where you were when it fell over and what you could have done differently. The even harder part is wanting to find this point so you can make a difference on your next project (because who wants to revisit old pains)?