October 5, 2016
How to ask the Tough Questions
It’s not easy, it never is, but you can get better at… https://everydaypowerblog.com/2016/09/19/techniques-asking-tough-questions/
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October 4, 2016
From Developer to Architect
You start writing code, you start compiling code then you ship code. Rinse and Repeat. Slowly the work being given to you gets bigger and larger, you’re not doing bugs anymore, you’re working on full-scale PBIs, Features, and Releases. At the same time, you start to look back at some of the old code you wrote only to declare – “Holy Hippo Spit what was I drinking when I wrote this”. So you start to put more time into the design, to account for mistakes of the past and make something better for the work that you are now being
October 3, 2016
Pony Up
Got the next great idea? Waiting for the perfect time to make it happen? Not sure how much it is going to cost? Confused on what to do next? Answers inline… Got the next great idea? Stop talking about it and start taking the first step to making it happen, in your basement, in your garage, in the morning, whenever. Waiting for the perfect time to make it happen? It’s never going to come so stop waiting. Not sure how much it is going to cost? Me neither, so keep it cheap and map it out. There are lots of
September 30, 2016
The Real Cost of losing a Team Member
I’ve struggled with this topic for awhile – how to quantify when someone leaves your team or company – what is the impact to you, to start all over again, even with the best of best hires. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC OR PROVEN FORMULA. The biggest hurdle is always the investment through training, domain knowledge and overall cohesion with the team. Measuring your external training investment is easy, but measuring internal training, knowledge transfer, etc over the course of their employment with you is very difficult. Until now. The variables X is the amount that you invest in this resource
September 29, 2016
Career Lines vs Career Paths
A Career Line is a step-by-step instruction manual that will take you from A to B in the most efficient manner possible – don’t go to jail, don’t stop at GO and collect $200. A Career Path is a trajectory that can lead you to many stops along the way, some good, some bad, some regret, some you wish you could visit again and again. It doesn’t go straight, it’s not an arrow, it’s not the direct route to get you from A to B. The Line is a highway that’ll get you there in a pre-known point of time,