Growth doesn’t happen all at once, in one day, or when you go to sleep. It happens when you show up each and every day and chip away at what it is you are trying to succeed at. It happens because you’re not willing to give up and keep going back to the desk, the computer, the notebook and make it happen. But it starts with realizing that you can’t cram it in to a…
You have an idea. You have a direction. You can see the path. But it means nothing if you don’t execute it. If you can’t take the team end to end. If all you are going to do is talk about the promised land, all they are going to do is hear about it and they need much more than that from you. They need the work, they need the structure, the content, the information.…
There is no “best way” to do Standups. I’ve done them at various different companies, all in different ways, some have been great, some not so great, some downright painful. What matters is you don’t give up, you recognize that each team is different and you move forward. Here are some thoughts on the subject via Remotely Prepared.
We all hate when our code breaks. You put all this time and energy into creating the most beautiful piece of software known to mankind and then it blows up on the launchpad. It stings. Even after so many years of programming, it stings. But code is code and it will blow up (I believe this to be its second purpose in life). Owning the problem when this happens is good, blaming yourself and hiding…
There is no talking your way out of it. If it blows up, it’s broken, there is no if, then, that – it blew up, it broke and now it’s time to move on. Admit it’s broken, put together the plan to fix it, and make it happen. Don’t waste time arguing if it’s broken, get past that and fix it.