Not big on broadcasting what I’m focusing on but sometimes good to write it down to remind myself why I’m doing it. Areas where I want to focus on in the coming months; Typescript and its application to projects I’m working on AWS/GCP – always good to see how the other side of the world lives (or in this case the majority of it) Meetings – why do they continue to be broken after the…
Oftentimes this is the scariest answer to hear from a developer when you ask them if they have everything they need. As a Dev Manager, your response should never be – “great” – it should always be – “okay let’s sit down and figure this out.” If the team only knows what they know and yet there are questions about what they don’t know, it means they are not seeing the entire picture and your…
If I’m at a meeting and I’m not doing any of the following; Presenting Answering questions or contributing to the conversation Typing questions into the chat Keeping myself off of video Then I ask myself why am I here? Maybe it’s an odd one where nothing was directed my way or maybe, I just don’t need to be there? The common thread against all four of those bullet points is engagement, interaction, and intent. If…
When interviewing someone, whether it’s a small or big company, I always come back to one thought – “What will they be like tomorrow?” When we grow outside of this shoebox? When our product scales? When the team gets bigger? Will they be able to grow with us? Will they be able to lead with us? Will they be there with us tomorrow? This is the question that always nags at the back of my…
I’m not the greatest QA tester. I’m not even sure if you’d consider me mid-level. But I know the results of what happens when you don’t test properly when all you focus on is the happy path and never consider what might go wrong. Edge cases aren’t my master but they do sit at the back of my mind, driving the course of development so I can be sure they are accounted for in what…