Articles for category: Initiative

April 22, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Day after the Demo

There is a feeling of calm – it’s done, you did it – it’s over, hopefully it was well received. Hopefully there were some bugs that popped up (because that means you’re not done). But now it’s time for the next stage of work. Now it’s time to get back to ground zero and work your way back up to the next demo, the next release, the next push. You might be feeling a little lost due to the reaction of some of the big pieces that you wanted to showcase that went over “okay” and other smaller pieces that

April 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

Just In Case Coding

You wouldn’t put a cast on a completely healthy leg – just in case you broke it later that week would you? Probably not. So don’t fall into the trap of doing extra coding – “just in case they want this or they want to do this or someone asks for this”. There is a line between accepting edge cases into your code and embarking on “just in case coding”. If you are using the wording – “just in case” – it’s probably that type of coding.

April 17, 2021

Greg Thomas

Empathetic HR

We’ve interviewed a number of people this season on Remotely Prepared from the HR discipline. I’m guessing that’s a trend that’s going around these days. Our recent guest, Pat Mullins, is one of the most down to earth HR interviews we’ve ever had. At the end of this great interview, he told us that – “I’m just the HR guy.”- which had me laughing because he is so great at it. Here’s the full interview.

March 29, 2021

Greg Thomas

This is where it gets Exciting

The project is almost over. That last release note are being prepped. We are getting down to the wire on what to deliver. The bug fixes are in. The last bit of code is being validated. The customer has been shown the demos on what things look like. And so many more, but you get the idea, this is where it get’s exciting.

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