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May 27, 2016

Greg Thomas

Who do you Report to?

It’s not a tough question – Who do you report to? If you’re not in the position of lead, I would imagine you might say to your Team Lead or Manager – a perfectly acceptable choice. But if you are a Team Lead or Manager responsible for those on your team and you answered your Manager or Director… Then I would say you are wrong. A Great Lead reports to the people on their team, working with them to garner feedback on how they are doing and where they need to improve, identifying strengths and weaknesses in themselves that they

May 26, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Perfect Route to Work

Perhaps you take the bus, walk or drive to work (kudos to all the bikers and runners out there) – either way we are all in search of the perfect route to work. That route might involve many things, beyond short distances; Avoiding Traffic by leaving early, staying late Where the local coffee shop is located Can I take the scenic route How many podcasts can I listen to on the way there Carpooling Whatever it is, that makes up your perfect route when the stars align and there is no traffic, the podcast is perfect, your beverage of choice is

May 25, 2016

Greg Thomas

The altMBA – what it does

For some reason, I thought when I sent my application into the inaugural altMBA program it was later in May – turns out it was much, much earlier than that. Wow time flies. So here is how it did start for me… And that was it, that was how it all started – I had no preconceptions what the course was, how it worked, what my grades would be (are there grades?  no there are not) and where it would take me.  Something new, something different, something to give you a swift kick. From it I learned that I can

May 24, 2016

Greg Thomas

We should get it for free

I never heard that phrase until I became a developer – “We should get it for free.” What does that even mean? You mean by putting all this effort into creating something, where I’ve put blood, sweat and tears into it all, when something goes wrong… I should get it for free? Or, because I coded this up so well, if we need to tweak something in there, we should get that part for free? Or, because so and so is building XYZ, I don’t have to, so I get it for free? None of those really, ring “free” to me,

May 23, 2016

Greg Thomas

Clarity in Email

Have you ever felt the need to put something like this at the bottom of your emails as your signature line? Forgive the lack of clarity in this email… I am doing so many things concurrently that my responses have become erratic and chaotic at best, misleading at worst.  If you are in any way confused by what I have written please reach out to me for further clarity and don’t worry – I won’t be offended. If you have, if you do, if you are copying and pasting this into your email signature right now, it might be time