Articles for category: Leadership

January 14, 2021

Greg Thomas

We Need More Experts

Without getting into a whole “thing” on experts, there is a common fallacy that when your team isn’t performing, you need more of them to get back on track. On a sorely undermanned project, of course, you might need more senior resources to jump in and get the ball rolling again. But in most cases, your projects are not at this point and what need isn’t an Expert, what you need is for your existing team to start learning and becoming an Expert. Better to have people on your team working to become experts than dropping one into the fold

January 10, 2021

Greg Thomas

The New Network

Will it be on LinkedIn? Twitter or Facebook? The algorithms have changed and the content that is sent to you has as well. This isn’t a conspiracy, this is a fact, things change, code gets optimized, what you think is the right way to do something, might not be what the actual owner of the company thinks is the best way to do it. You might both be wrong. If it’s getting harder and harder to keep up, perhaps it’s time to try another approach. We did it before.

January 1, 2021

Greg Thomas

Your ________ is Changing

Your team is changing. Your industry is changing. Your job is changing. Your role on the project is changing. Where you work is changing. How you work is changing. It all changed in 2020. Now it’s 2021, are you going to let that change take you somewhere or are YOU going to take ownership and lead it there yourself?

December 31, 2020

Greg Thomas

Writing to Your Audience

I did an interview a few months ago for The Entrepreneurial Coder Podcast. A) Best Name Ever for a Podcast. B) Fantastic Podcast Content for Developers wanting to make that next leap. In the interview, I talk about the decision I made early on with Code Your Way Up in where to focus my energies and who I wanted to reach with the book. From the beginning I had two clear audiences in mind; Developers starting out on this crazy journey – in school, learning coding, first job. I took this as talking to myself when I was there. Developers

December 24, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Day Before the Release

Whatever the event. The anticipation is nie. The mood is high. Everyone is on high-alert. You are trying to think logically, structurally, clearly but you can’t all the times. The emotions and excitement are getting in your way. Everyone is smiling and excited. They don’t know what’s about to happen, but they know something will and they trust you, that it will be something great. That’s how every release should feel. That’s how you need to make every release feel. That’s the goal.

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