I don’t think “anyone” wants to rewrite their code (or someone else’s for that matter). But sometimes you have to because whatever it is that is being asked of you cannot scale in what you have built. That’s the Software game, sometimes you need to rebuild it and start from scratch. Housing and construction are often compared to building software with many of the same phrases being interchangeable. The same applies to a house, if…
We just finished Canadian Thanksgiving this past weekend and like many people, I was stuffed. It made me think of the last time my brain was stuffed to capacity, overloading and not able to take on anything else. When was the last time for you?
You don’t need the title. You never needed it before, so why are you waiting for it now? If it’s the title that matters, give it to yourself. If that’s what you need to lead your team, give yourself the best title you can think of, print it up, and put it on your desk. We’re all home now, who’s going to see it? Take it a step further and make a fancy name card…
Yesterday Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram all took a powder on a global scale. When I went to Facebook, it was a 404, when I went to Instagram, I had what last loaded with a cute message saying it can’t load new items, but all my old ones were cached so I could go check them out. I didn’t bother with WhatsApp. The question isn’t about which one handled it better, which was more graceful or…
The task itself doesn’t get easier. You get better. And it becomes easier. You learn what makes it difficult and come with ideas, suggestions, and new paths to figuratively make it better, make it easier, but the task itself never changed. You did. It only stays difficult, when we refuse to change.