Articles for category: Initiative

November 26, 2024

Greg Thomas

Now I know why I don’t do Front-End

I’ve always been a back-end, middle-ware coder. Service gets data – awesome – success – looks great. I’ve done front-end worked, but I have never truly enjoyed it. I will buy a template before doing my own work. Lately, I’ve had to force myself to do Front-End work. It has been painful. And the only thing I can say is that I have a huge appreciation for front-end developers and what they do. Hats off to you!

November 25, 2024

Greg Thomas

Building your Bench

The hardest part of building a team is building those you delegate to, who you lean on, and who you bounce ideas off of. In any team, building a bench is the first thing you need to do, it is also the hardest thing to do.  You might not have it in place on Day 1, it might take multiple days, that’s okay – because when it does happen, when it clicks, it will be perfect, and exactly what the team needs.

November 24, 2024

Greg Thomas

What you Do vs What you Say

What you accomplish speaks volumes louder than what you say you are going to accomplish. Everyone wants to succeed, some want to talk about their success. But the ones that succeed aren’t talking, they are sitting down, doing the work, and waiting for what they build to speak for them. Do the work or talk about it.  

November 22, 2024

Greg Thomas

Authentication Prompts

When your day is consistently interrupted by prompts on who you are, you know there is a problem with security. What multiple authentication prompts say to you is – “I don’t know you, I don’t trust you.” Couple into that scenario, workers who have contracts at multiple places, freelance everywhere and they are getting 10 – 12 of these a day. It’s enough to question your identity. We don’t need more prompts, we don’t need more email addresses. We need more trust. “This is Jeff, this is jeff’s email address, we trust Jeff to work with us, we don’t need

November 21, 2024

Greg Thomas

Follow Your Line

No one knows your line but you. No one can see it buy you. They won’t believe it till you make it work. It will take multiple attempts, but one day it will work. Trust your Line, Follow your Line.