PinnedPublished inManagement MattersThe Software Manager MinimumYou’ve been writing code for years (possibly longer) and have been promoted to Software Development Manager (or all its variants of Senior…May 19, 2021May 19, 2021
PinnedThe New Remote Leader (It’s Okay)There is a lot of guidance out there about everything you need to be doing as a remote leader. And a good portion of that is good. The…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
The Best Technical Interview ProcessMy approach to technical interviews has not changed over the past many years of interviews I have done. Sure you get candidates that slip…Jul 29Jul 29
Good Noise vs Bad NoiseNoise comes to us on a daily basis — text messages, slack notifications, team popups, ad-hoc calls, scheduled calls, requests for help…Jul 23Jul 23
Your One Week SprintI had a conversation a month ago about the perfect sprint size for delivery.Jul 51Jul 51
Too Too Too Many MeetingsHow many of you have calendars that are blocked on blocks of unavailability where every moment from 8 am to 5 pm is blocked with some…Jul 3Jul 3
Do your Meetings Deliver?Last week, I skipped out on one attending a daily standup by posting a message to our channel…Jun 251Jun 251
Keep your Code SimpleWe all have a goal to create simple, beautiful, elegant code, but many times in a project, when we get to the end and we look at what we…Jun 7Jun 7
The Title of your Meeting says it AllIf you were going to build your own calendar app, the first thing you would do (post-celebration that you are creating this app), would be…May 24May 24
The Life Lessons from Choose Your Own Adventure BooksAs a kid, Choose Your Own Adventure Books were a staple of any book sale — you had to pick up one — it didn’t matter what the content was…May 21May 21