That works in TV and Movies – pull up a screen (any screen) – blip, blap, bloop and you’ve got a working system that is up and running and ready to save the world. Of course that isn’t how it works ever. It takes time, patience, consistency, showing up each day, not throwing in the towel, going back to the drawing board, dealing with the setbacks, trying again and again. And have we mentioned the…
No I don’t. Not even close. I know things you don’t know and vice-versa. That’s the beauty of working with a team, you don’t have to be the expert at everything, you don’t have to know it all. The best advice I ever got for leading a developer that outclassed me in every area – “I won’t be able to help you with coding, but I am going to help you with all that other…
The Last Bug before any release is the one where everyone is standing over you, wanting it to get done. It’s been an irritation the entire release, you’ve pushed it off more times than you can count, it’s driving you nuts. The worst part is, that you don’t even know what is causing it. But when you figure it out, when you realize what was causing it, when the fix is right in front of…
The path you take is yours and yours alone. It’s not linear, it doesn’t follow what everyone else does, and it’s not based on how many years you work somewhere or go to school. It’s your path, filled with ups and downs and all around. In the moment, you’re not thrilled with your path, you might not enjoy the daily grind of it, and it might feel like all it does is hold you back.…
Feedback can come in intervals or as one big hose. The benefit of intervals is that you are able to give out the feedback in drips, watch for improvement, tweak, and give out some more. When it comes out as a firehose, the “giving” of the feedback benefits you because you get it out all at once and can move on. Feedback in intervals takes longer, goes slower, and requires you to hold back when…