If you are looking to go to the cloud. I mean really go to the cloud, not simply hosting a bunch of VMs in the cloud. Make a small change today to get there. Start deploying test services in the cloud. Don’t deploy anything that requires a local database. Don’t create local virtual machines to work on projects. Start using GIT or TFS Online (or both). Transition from local development, to 100% online. And if…
Congrats on reaching the top of the mountain. You did it, maybe you had help, maybe you didn’t but you got there. You made it happen. The late nights, early mornings, long weekends, busted ideas, trying things over and over and over again. You did it. Now what’s next?
We’ve all been on the highway, driving in our own lane, minding our own business making our way to our destination when all of a sudden we have someone come up from behind and start getting closer and closer. And from there the pressure starts to mount. To go a little faster. To look back and see what the other person is doing. To second guess ourself if we are doing anything wrong. To maybe…
The only person you hurt when you hold back on giving your best effort is you. If the team is not up to your level, you bring them up, otherwise you are letting them down. If your intensity and commitment is different than everyone else’s, you share that with the team so they know where you are coming from. If you see problems that they don’t, bring them up to speed, don’t wait for them…
We sometimes ask for Feedback, expecting validation in return. “This is perfect” “Great plan” “I like this approach” “No comments” And when we receive feedback we are disgruntled at what we get back. “It’s good but have you tried this?” “What if we incorporated this as well?” “I have some other ideas if you want to hear them?” This is feedback, these are comments that are designed to provide you with mechanism you need to…