August 13, 2022
That’s right. One day, it will roll over, throw up, and die in a horrible fashion – probably during a big demo, a heavy usage day, or when one of your new customers is using it. Whatever the reason, it won’t be opportune but it will happen. The question is what are you going to do about it? Blame the users? Get mad a the sales team? Wonder why we hadn’t restarted it so long? Or instead of all that, maybe you’ll start figuring out what went wrong.
August 8, 2022
If you aren’t using your own software you are missing out on everything great that you can learn from it. How do those features truly work? What happens when you use a function in a different way? How many clicks does it take to accomplish a task? What happens when something goes wrong? How do we handle errors on the client side? How long does it take to load? What do I think of when I see loading pages? Does it do what we intended it to do? All these answers and more, you will find if dogfood your own
August 5, 2022
For every action, there are at least two paths to go down in how you respond. You can feed the energy in which the question is being asked or you can show them a different one to go down. Whichever the path you choose, the one you go with is always up to you.
August 4, 2022
I don’t think you can ever go in search of a Mentor. You might read about someone and decide that they are like you, but you won’t know until you sit down and talk with them. Because they are famous does not mean that the two of you will click immediately. I think it happens organically, over time, through successes and failures, and in some instances, you won’t even realize it until it’s over. It might be days, weeks, or years until you realize what a great mentor they were to you without even having entered into that formal engagement
July 31, 2022
Doesn’t matter what your platform of choice is – SLACK, TEAMS, Workspace – hidden channels that are implemented with the goal of not chatting with people of your team, hurt your team. If you are running one, you should ask yourself why you’re doing it and if you’re included in one, you should ask yourself why you are there. If answers to both leave you feeling unsure, then you have your answer as to what to do next.
