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Your First Meeting
1 day ago
One thing AI will never be able to do
2 days ago
How about Fixing Traffic?
3 days ago
I got Skillzzzz
4 days ago
Who Generated this Code?
5 days ago
What Meetings Do I need to be In?
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The Strategy Session
1 week ago
Ecosystems Aren’t Built
1 week ago
Now is the Time to Learn
1 week ago
Throwing Solutions at a Problem
7 hours ago
As far as I can think back, my first professional meeting was when I was working part-time at A & W, and we had to have some sort of staff meeting on a Sunday night. I had no idea what was happening, but I got paid to be there, and we had free pop and danishes. The Impetus for the meeting is someone had just been fired, and it became a bit of a forum to air dirty laundry. My biggest issue was that my pants were 3 sizes larger than I wore, and it was an awkward belt I …
1 day ago
One thing AI will never be able to do
Greg Thomas
Spend 3 hours trying to force your way through a problem because you’re a developer and you think you can code anything. So you spend 3 hours going up against the wall, even using Claude to help you with what you are doing wrong. And then you finally read the KB article associated with the error and realize you just wasted 3 hours. But wow… what a day of trying to make the impossible work. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the …
2 days ago
How about Fixing Traffic?
Greg Thomas
If there is a problem that everyone in the world has experienced at some point in their lives, it is traffic. Whether in a car or stuck behind someone on a sidewalk, traffic is where we can spend a long time thinking about life. Because what else are you going to do? There really isn’t much. And yet, we have done nothing to solve the traffic problem. And when I say solve, I don’t mean “alleviate”, “minimize”, or “reduce”, I mean solve the problem of traffic. Get me from Point A to Point B without any issues whatsoever, without an …
1 week ago
Throwing Solutions at a Problem
It has never been easier than it is now to throw multiple solutions at a problem. Solutions you can validate, attempt, and see what they do. That’s what you are up against now: systems that throw solutions at problems, not ideas, not blue-sky thinking, not options, but the actual solutions. You probably can’t throw multiple solutions at any one problem, but you can come prepared, ready to work, ready to put together a solid list. You can throw your will, design, purpose, and value at the problem. Harder to measure, but easier to see in the end. Want more? Check …
1 week ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
AI does all the job. Does it do it the right way? Debatable. But they always go all in on a task, without fail, right or wrong. Sometimes you have to go all in. You can’t analyze and theorize forever; you can’t always stick your foot in the water. You have to do the whole job. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
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Research, Analysis and Dissemination
Want to look good at working on a problem? Research – Identify the issue, what are the different “things” that could be causing the problem, dig deep into what they are, don’t scratch the surface. Analysis – Look at your research, what applies, what doesn’t, what is feasible, what isn’t, what could work, and what can’t. Come up with a solution that fixes the problem and explains why. Desseminate – Complex solutions don’t always have simple answers. Being able to disseminate to an end user, another team member, or your manager is a skill beyond value when you can translate …