Articles for category: Growth

December 23, 2021

Greg Thomas

My Learning Focus

Not big on broadcasting what I’m focusing on but sometimes good to write it down to remind myself why I’m doing it. Areas where I want to focus on in the coming months; Typescript and its application to projects I’m working on AWS/GCP  – always good to see how the other side of the world lives (or in this case the majority of it) Meetings – why do they continue to be broken after the last two years when it’s all we have done. Delivery of Leadership Programs – how to get the message out there My core four I

December 18, 2021

Greg Thomas

Your Job Description

Most likely it’s evolved. Beyond what you started doing, beyond what was in the paperwork. Perhaps what is leaps and bounds from where you started two years ago where everyone was elbows apart and now you are miles away from each other. Despite all that, do you know what your job description is? I’m not talking about the one that everyone can pull up from the company website and go “here, this is what I do” or the one that you can download from a job posting where the only comparison is the title. I’m talking about what you do,

December 16, 2021

Greg Thomas

Reusing Code

Let this picture sink in.  I don’t know who made it but it’s perfect. If you want every possible test scenario run, then you should be prepared to pay for every random test scenario. The problem isn’t in the code we write (that needs to grow and iterate and develop) but what we are willing to pay for it.  If you are using something beyond its means, beyond what it was originally intended to do because it’s “Free” that is not just the coder’s problem but yours too. I once wrote a piece of code that was meant as a

December 15, 2021

Greg Thomas

Fresh Starts

New Year is just around the corner, followed by a bit of a break for everyone as we take time to recharge for the oncoming New Year which who knows what is in store for us then. It’s generally around this time I start thinking about what I accomplished and what I want to start fresh on in the following year. No matter how much baggage, how many mistakes you have made, where you are coming from, what you are working on or where you are stuck – you can always make fresh start at something new.

December 11, 2021

Greg Thomas

A three minute call is all it took

No one should ever be part of a call that is delivered in this fashion.  Your company should have all the breakers in place to ensure this never happens. Hopefully the last of these we ever hear of, but here’s our take on Remotely Prepared – https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/this-weeks-3-minute-mass-zoom-firing And here is one of many articles that references this debacle. All I can say, is something of this magnitude should never be phoned in, and this is what it felt like for these employees.  

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