Can AI… Tie your shoe (how awesome would that be). Use a Pencil. Put their hand up to ask a question. Slide down a hill and avoid the rocks. Lead your team. Start a team. Okay, these might sound unfair because they are heavily involved in doing things and creating things that require more than simple prompts. What about dealing with inflation and keeping food prices low? What about preventing climate change and normalizing weather…
No one wants to be the last pick, but eventually we are. Whether it’s the school you want to attend, the job you want, the dodgeball team, etc, etc. Sometimes you are the last pick. What matters next is what you do knowing you were the last pick. Do you sit and complain about being the last pick or do you move forward and do something with it? Prove why you shouldn’t have been the…
That works in TV and Movies – pull up a screen (any screen) – blip, blap, bloop and you’ve got a working system that is up and running and ready to save the world. Of course that isn’t how it works ever. It takes time, patience, consistency, showing up each day, not throwing in the towel, going back to the drawing board, dealing with the setbacks, trying again and again. And have we mentioned the…
No I don’t. Not even close. I know things you don’t know and vice-versa. That’s the beauty of working with a team, you don’t have to be the expert at everything, you don’t have to know it all. The best advice I ever got for leading a developer that outclassed me in every area – “I won’t be able to help you with coding, but I am going to help you with all that other…
The path you take is yours and yours alone. It’s not linear, it doesn’t follow what everyone else does, and it’s not based on how many years you work somewhere or go to school. It’s your path, filled with ups and downs and all around. In the moment, you’re not thrilled with your path, you might not enjoy the daily grind of it, and it might feel like all it does is hold you back.…