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January 26, 2017

Greg Thomas

Where your best thinking happens

In a Starbucks? At home? In a quiet corner of the office? In a busy mall? If you have the option to work remotely, wifi is everywhere (almost), why not work where you do your best thinking? And if it feels to be working with remotely on text, voice and conference calls instead of being there with them in person than the next question you have to ask yourself is… Why do we have all this stuff if we aren’t using it? Think where you are most productive, most energetic and most engaged, forget the timezones and calendars that tie

January 25, 2017

Greg Thomas

Are you too far gone?

This is a very hard question to ask of yourself and of others. It generally arises when your motivation has dipped, the projects have lost their lustre and you feel you are doing more grinding and “going through the motions” than you should be. But you want to get better, you want to improve and you want to be there. So the question you have to ask yourself is whether you are too far gone. I write this having been in this spot a few times in my career, we all get there, no need to deny it, but when

January 24, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Rebuild or the Rebuy

When we rebuild something, we take the problem, deconstruct it to it’s bare bones and fix it with what we have. When we rebuy something, we identify the problem, build some requirements and hope the purchase of a solution will fix our problem. Rebuilding involves understanding the problem from beginning to end and investing yourself into design, development and deployment of the solution. Rebuying involves less effort being spent on development and hopefully more on the actual implementation. Good developers know that when they rebuild, they are learning, developing and growing. Great developers know when they need to make the hard

January 23, 2017

Greg Thomas

What’s your Bonus?

Are you driven by how much you can learn in a year? Is it the watch you get in 5 years? Is it the people you get to meet and growth with? Are you driven by an end of year salary increase? Is it being able to pay off your house with your end of year bonus? Is the opportunity to take on new projects and challenges? Whatever it is, it’s yours for the taking, no one else is going to go for it, you put it there, it has your name on it and now it’s on you to go

January 20, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Team Roadtrip

If you lead a team and have not gone with your team on any of the following; Conference Customer Meeting On-Site Deployment Sales Presentation Something, anything, where you and members of your team worked hard towards a common goal that is now resulting in a trip somewhere. You owe it to them to find a way to get them there with you for any and all of the reasons below (choose whichever ones help); Watch what a developer does when asked a tough sales question Stay up late and fix a customer’s system Wake up early to setup your booth for the