November 23, 2020
I did an interview a while back on How to move up the Career Ladder on the Mentoring Developers Podcast. This is a great podcast for developers looking to learn and figure out their career trajectory, where they are headed and what they can to do get there. Had a really great time on the show. As a bonus, we recorded the video for the episode as well, available here.
November 22, 2020
Being a Leader is a tricky endeavour, there are many, many, many books, blogs and articles on the topic. There are more approaches than coding languages. (Not verified by evidence but probably true). But there’s one thing we all forget to do as a Leader from time to time and that is to remember that you are only human and if you want your team to be open, honest and forthright with you, you need to do the same thing. It’s not an easy thing (easier to say then do). With teams being remote, there is lots of talk about
November 17, 2020
Everyone hears it. It swells up in all of us. It stays with us for days after it is announced. And it is our job to keep that feeling going for weeks and weeks after it happens. That is how important it is.
November 15, 2020
I thought One-On-Ones were this secret tool that I had in my toolbelt that no one knew about. Turns out, many of us know about them. But sometimes they are a mess. And they are definitely something that can take a while to master. And doing them remotely is an added complication that you might not have seen coming. That’s okay, the good stuff is always hard to do. Here is the full episode here on Remotely Prepared.
November 14, 2020
This is the question that many of us can’t answer. What do we actually want? We look at user stories and features, what is in the backlog, what was discussed in a meeting and we assume that is “what the user wants”. But it really isn’t. How many times have you built something, thinking it was the right thing to build only to have an end user go – “that’s not what I was looking for.” It’s not until that you ask someone – “What do you want?” – that you get the answer you need, unencumbered by technology, domain
