Years ago, I wanted to learn to draw better. I laid out this very straightforward, simple plan how to do it and shared it with the people in my project group (my community) so they knew my plan and knew what I was striving for. One piece of feedback I received was – “How are you going to share it with everyone else?” – to which my answer was, why do I need to do…
Your team is changing. Your industry is changing. Your job is changing. Your role on the project is changing. Where you work is changing. How you work is changing. It all changed in 2020. Now it’s 2021, are you going to let that change take you somewhere or are YOU going to take ownership and lead it there yourself?
I did an interview a few months ago for The Entrepreneurial Coder Podcast. A) Best Name Ever for a Podcast. B) Fantastic Podcast Content for Developers wanting to make that next leap. In the interview, I talk about the decision I made early on with Code Your Way Up in where to focus my energies and who I wanted to reach with the book. From the beginning I had two clear audiences in mind; Developers…
I was reading this article about how the Norwegians get through winter and one line, in particular, blew me away. This is easy enough to change; simply refuse to participate in the Misery Olympics. It’s not going to be an easy start to the year, it’s not going to be the same January 1st as it has been for so many years of your life. But you have a choice on what you want to…
But if that’s the case, why are you talking about the followers you have? Or how many you need to reach the next tier (who knew there were tiers)? If it’s not about the followers, than why are we counting?