August 29, 2018
Because if it’s not fast, it’s not worthwhile. Because if it’s not fast, the customer won’t buy it. Because if it’s not fast, someone else’s will be. Because if it’s not fast, that means it’s not good. There are so many other ways to measure what you build for someone. Performance is good, but it’s not the only metric. Don’t let your work be evaluated by one metric and make sure everyone knows all the others that are available.
August 22, 2018
The best way to learn is to learn from others. Learn what they have done to become successful. Watch what they do (and stop talking about it). Don’t share the fact that you’re learning from them. Listen to what has and has not worked. And then, ask questions, get feedback on your approach, what are you doing that works and what are you doing that is not. Or, keep doing what you’re doing and hope you figure it out at some point. You probably will… at some point… or you might never… all you had to do was ask.
August 21, 2018
I love the secret questions. I love knowing when they are coming. When someone asks you something that is not related to the conversation at hand, is completely off-topic and is geared towards ascertaining one and only one thing. Do you know your stuff? The problem with the secret question is that the candidate knows it for what it is – everything you’ve spent the last hour or so talking about is fluff and this is really what you want and/or need. At that moment they will decide how they will answer – with a question, with the answer or
August 13, 2018
I still look at emails I want to unsubscribe from and go – “but if I unsubscribe, they’ll know I’m a real person, that I exist, maybe they won’t take me off their list”. And when I do unsubscribe, I immediately get the email back that says – “It might take a week to remove you from our list”. When I picture this, I think of my subscription being sent to headquarters in an envelope labeled “Unsubscribed” that has a stamp on it. Someone must now open it with a letter cutter and then carefully pour over my request for
August 3, 2018
Every year, we wait for the mythical months of summer to come around so we can finally have our vacation. False. The weather might be better (and the only one who can really say whether it is, is you) but you can take a vacation at any time. Turning off your phone – that’s a vacation. Taking a drive to the middle of nowhere and eating your lunch in solitude – that’s a vacation. Flying somewhere for the weekend where the weather meets your lofty standards – that’s a vacation. But better than any vacation, is an Adventure (and we
