Articles for category: Growth

January 4, 2022

Greg Thomas

Out of Memory Exception in Real Life

I think we are all feeling like this these days – taxed, weighted down – trying to do our best, not sure what to start on next because who knows what we are going to have to be working through next. If you’ve never had an Out of Memory exception, it occurs when your code has taken up all the memory on a server and there is nothing left to give back.  I haven’t had this happen in the cloud world but on-premise, I’ve seen it lots. The best thing about being out of memory is you can stop, think

January 3, 2022

Greg Thomas

All In vs All Around

There is a difference. All-Around means you are here, there, and everywhere.  It looks like you are participating, but really you are just “there”. All-In means you are not here, there, or everywhere.  It means you are where you need to be, where your team needs to be and you’re ready to perform your role to help your team succeed. We think “All-Around” is All-In because we’re doing lots of “stuff” when actually what we’re doing is holding the team back.

January 2, 2022

Greg Thomas

Have you Set your Team Goals yet?

If you haven’t, stop what you are doing and start thinking about this. Your team needs direction, they need purpose, they need to see the bigger picture in what will be for the upcoming year.  It doesn’t matter whether it’s the company’s or the team’s goals. Giving your team a purpose gives them something to fall back on whenever they hit a fork or roadblock in what they are doing? I could hack this together pretty quickly, but we’re trying to increase reusability this year. I know the Happy Scenario works, but building out some Edge Cases would help with

January 1, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Daily Ritual

I have a few, but the best one I am finding is starting my day later.  I do enjoy getting up early and getting going into whatever adventure I find myself in.  But I’m not starting on the computer, I’m not starting in front of a screen, I’m not starting by doing something laborious which I might only be able to do a few times a week in a row and then get injured or not be able to sustain. It’s something small, that gives me the time to set myself up for the day. Call it a habit, a

December 31, 2021

Greg Thomas

Greatest Hits of 2021

Here are some articles on Software Development Leadership this past year that resonated with people this past year.  I’m looking forward to writing more in 2022. What Successful Software Architects Do What Makes a Great Technical Lead 5 Metrics of Software Leadership Team Leads vs Software Managers The Software Manager Minimum

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