We are back for another season on Remotely Prepared where this season is focused on the biggest remote topic that everyone is fighting and/or thinking about. Work/life balance. What is it? What does it mean to you? How does it affect you? We’ve dabbled on the edge of it for the first three seasons, but this season, we are ripping off the band-aid and getting right down to it. Check out the trailer here.
If no one is talking, it doesn’t mean you are doing a good job. It means no one understands what you are talking about.
Whatever it is, make sure everyone is calling it the same thing. Make sure everyone knows the reason that it is called that “thing”. Ensure the name and meaning are clear to everyone, put it into your lexicon. If there is feeling behind it, make sure everyone feels it. We can call things whatever we want, we can change the name daily (if we want to confuse everyone at large) and we can keep iterating…
Or are you on the team? There is a HUGE difference. If you are on the team, you are there my nature of being around. You were assigned to the team and it’s where you report to. You do what is asked of you and are compensated for your accomplishments. But if you are with the team, you do what needs to be done to get work out the door. You look at the rest…
There is an old adage that developers are lazy and will automate what they don’t want to do. I don’t know if this applies to developers per se. I mean I could walk to work, but driving a care is faster and if I have a self-driving car, I’ve pretty much automated the task for myself haven’t I? Irregardless of my profession. But Automation is a promise and always will be. A promise to fix…