Of course. Whether you’re an architect, lead developer, senior developer or anything else that focuses more on the technical solutions where you have no direct reports it’s not an optional skill, it’s a requirement. You take the lead in the architecture, the design,the creation – but also in the selling of that vision to your team, in the education of the team in how to use a component, in the deployment of that code to…
Understanding the solution… Learning the solution… Breaking the solution… That’s the hard part, because now it’s more than blanket acceptance, now it’s learning, growing, questioning, evolving. The worst answer in a newly implemented solution when it breaks. “I don’t know, I never looked into it” Don’t accept the solution, break it down, figure it out, own it, make it yours. Only then should you deploy it.
The Bulldozer has an idea, a vision, a goal and they are not going to let anyone or anything get in their way. They know how to get from A to B and they aren’t about to let anything or anyone stop them. Have a better route? The Bulldozer doesn’t want to hear it, they want to keep on their path. Have a different idea? See above. Want to try something different? See above. Have…
No one grows, no one gets better, no one learns. Whether you’re in school, attending a conference, sitting at the back in a meeting – the questions are what generate the value. Content might be king, storytelling might be the delivery model but questions are the value in any discussion. Feel like you have a stupid question? Good, ignore the chatter, the smirks and ask it. At the end of the day, you made the…
I’ve struggled with this topic for awhile – how to quantify when someone leaves your team or company – what is the impact to you, to start all over again, even with the best of best hires. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC OR PROVEN FORMULA. The biggest hurdle is always the investment through training, domain knowledge and overall cohesion with the team. Measuring your external training investment is easy, but measuring internal training, knowledge transfer,…