June 7, 2023
There are going to be days when you are completely outmatched. The work you’re up against is that much better than what you are creating. The team you are competing against has been to the rodeo before and knows all the tricks. That’s okay, the fact that you’re here, in this moment attempting to level up, that’s what matters and is more important than anything.
June 7, 2023
Feedback is great, but should never be relied upon without context in place. The context is what was going on surrounding that particular item. It’s the work that was going on at that point in time. It’s the goals that were trying to be achieved but might not have worked. Feedback is incredibly useful, but only if everything surrounding the feedback is understood.
May 30, 2023
If you’re in a room and everyone is staring back at you blankly, you’re not all on the same page. If you’ve just had a call and discussed half a dozen ideas with no confirmation as to who is doing what, you’re not all on the same page. You can tell the teams that are on the same page from afar, they are all working together, each person knowing their part and role that is critical to their success. That’s how a team works. That’s how a team keeps moving forward beyond the basics building on their successes.
May 29, 2023
Team Leads and Tech Leads are two critical roles in any software development team. But go from team to team and you’ll find the roles and what is required of them are drastically different. Here’s my take on the difference between a great Tech and Team Lead.
May 25, 2023
I think one of the hardest parts about meetings isn’t that we have to attend them, or that they could have been an email or that so many people were invited to them. It’s when we spend all that time in them, with no outcome determined and no next steps to happen. It’s then that we leave wondering – why was I here?
