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July 13, 2021

Greg Thomas

Build Your Own Bug Pile

On any project I lead, I encourage Devs to log bugs. Log them all day, every day. That’s the job. You find an issue, you log it. You break something, you log it. No one has an infallible memory and if you are never logging bugs, all you are doing is making yourself look like a slow developer on that one task or story you are desperately trying to complete. Show them what you are really doing, all the edge cases you are seeing, all the extra things you are thinking of as you build this new system. Build your

July 12, 2021

Greg Thomas

I finished… but it doesn’t work

Then you haven’t finished. It’s not rocket science, it’s not even basic science. If what you have finished doesn’t do what was intended, then you are not finished. You are just getting started, on your way to getting finished.

July 11, 2021

Greg Thomas

No Questions

When I give a presentation, a demo, a walkthrough, anything. If there are no questions, I get squared. Really, really squared. Because if there are no questions it means any of the following; I completely missed the mark and delivered the wrong content. The people in attendance do not care about what I am presenting or the content I am putting forth. No one understands what I have just said. They are confused. None of these are good responses. If you are assuming people are happy and satisfied with what you have just delivered ask yourself one question – when

July 10, 2021

Greg Thomas

Taking Action

Everyone knows what the problem is, everyone can see it. It’s the proverbial train coming at you that everyone can see and your entire team is deer stuck in the headlights. You know that feeling that is growing, deep in your gut. You can feel it. I know you can. If you don’t do something, the train will hit and splatter everywhere (gross but you get the picture). At this moment of time, they are waiting for you. Take the action, lead them away from the train.

July 9, 2021

Greg Thomas

You’re Not Ready

Good. Now that you know it, let other people know. Go to any developer site and you’ll find posts upon posts about battling Impostor Syndrome – yup it’s a thing. The biggest reason that Impostor Syndrome has become such a huge thing is that there are environments that incubate this feeling of inadequacy and not being sure of what you can do to the point that it belittles your confidence. Yes we are all too hard on ourselves sometimes (many) but think back to your first part-time job – did you feel like an impostor working as a cashier? flipping