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…
Where _____________ is the app currently being used by your team to accomplish a task that they deem important to their overall success. But you don’t use it, maybe you never had the opportunity or need. So the question now becomes, are you going to learn something new or make the entire team change their practice to fit to your needs? No hints needed.
There is a path between two problems that are often ignored and generally occurs between two opposing sides. Some call it the middle ground, but it’s simply another option for getting work done. Sometimes there is no middle ground or way in between, other times, a good number of times, there are more options here than we could ever believe. The problem is being willing to look at them, that’s where we stumble.
It doesn’t need it – your code – it doesn’t need to be defended. You don’t need to cite why it is excellent, works, and shouldn’t be changed and how the problem must be elsewhere. Because if it’s running, if it’s doing the thing you built it to do, if it’s scaling, if it’s handling errors and not losing them and if it’s taking a hit but keeps on running. Then that is all the…
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…