Happy Friday,Today's email is going to get a bit technical. You see, one of the things I wind up teaching teams as they go from good to great is how to test their code better. It turns out that most developers have spent a fraction of energy learning...
Happy Friday!For those of you who don't know, before I became a consultant, I was a job hopper. The longest I spent at any job was two years, and I'd say excluding those two times, my average time at a company was around 8-10 months.My reasons for m...
Happy Friday,The whole quote is, "I've been listening to my guts for 11 years, and they have shit for brains!" This is from the movie High Fidelity, in which the main character talks to the camera as he realizes he is his own worst enemy.The thing is...
Happy Friday!Last night my wife and I went to a concert and while we were walking from our car to the venue we saw a special VIP parking area guarded by a teen. The teen was sitting on a stool behind a large orange cone, and a few feet away another l...
Happy Friday,I don't know about the rest of you, but I do know I get that weird itch in Spring that I need to clean up and make everything feel fresh again. I also get the same feeling right now through early fall. Only it isn't to freshen things. It...
Happy Friday,When I work with leaders in most tech organizations, they almost all express a desire for their teams to go faster. The way they express this varies from small phrases interjected here and there to outright threatening people that they n...
Happy Friday,I was on a cruise last week, and it was most excellent. People ask, "Where did you cruise do," and I want to say, "Who cares!" It was just great to get away and relax. Unfortunately, that relaxation knocked me out of work mode, so I for...
Happy Monday!Take a look at this photo!Now, this photo is from the 4th of July at my in-laws place. This is a wildfire that started on their property. What isn't pictured here is the black smoldering field that goes to the horizon.My father-in-law wa...
Happy Friday!I think and use a lot of metaphors in my work. None are perfect, but there is one that has been rolling around in my head for years. For those of you who don't know, I like cooking, so I naturally relate a lot of things to food, and this...
Happy Friday!It is interesting to hear the shifts that are happening across clients. No, I'm not talking about every company trying to throw AI at everything. I'm talking about more fundamental changes. One of these changes that I keep bumping into i...