Search Results: career
the megaphone
…phrase in pop culture. ↩ https://www.nbcnews.com/better/careers/what-steve-jobs-taught-me-about-debate-workplace-n732956 If you haven't read her books you should. Start with Radical Candor, but… [more]
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Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip
…someone to a lead role, don't do it too early in their career. This is the worst thing you can do for them, not the best. You need to have the tech side nailed before you are ready to add the… [more]
Last Lectures
…of talented people. The days of spending your entire career at a single company are gone. According to one study in 2021, nearly 70% of all software engineers have been at their current job for 2… [more]
What Makes a Team Lead Great?
…got as many types of leaders as you will meet in your career. From Bean who takes the backseat and guides things indirectly, to Achilles who dominates everyone around him. Which one are you? And, for… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
…team/second team that I was introduced to earlier in my career. Or at least it resonated with me in a better way. As a leader, we have a responsibility to both our investors/managers and to our team.… [more]
Book Review-The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
…us long into adulthood. How many of us pursue life and career to somehow earn the approval of a parent we’ve sought since childhood? Yeah. It’s a short but deep book. Well short for Sanderson. If you… [more]
Book Review-Road to Valor
…especially as it began to interfere with his cycling career. The book vividly portrays how crucial athletic prowess became for the fascists, with government officials faking achievements and engaging… [more]
2021: Year in Review
It has been quite the year! As the pandemic has been dragging on, ramping up, slowing down, generally continuing to drag on. Thoughts I am excited for 2022. 2022! How did that happen? This year has… [more]
2020: A year
…mostly plateued at Instructure with little more room for career growth. Don't get me wrong. I still had a lot I could have learned there. It had just become clear that I would likely be where I was at… [more]
Office Hours
…enough to have mentors and friends help me throughout my career. I really wouldn’t be where I am without many blessings, and lots of help. So I am going to try and help others with the same sort of… [more]
Critiques and Code Reviews
…are insights I gained during those years and during my career since then. Also every time I mention Critiques, if you are a developer insert the words ’Code Review’. They are the same… [more]
Let's talk about Boot camps
…a designer, is how you will be working for most of your career. Getting experience with it is critical. Not having experience with it is going to increase the learning curve at your first job. You can… [more]
Now.
…people have applied that instant gratification to their careers and to their lives.” — Simon Sinek watch the video Found on Swiss-Miss [more]
On To New Horizons
…will really push me and allow me to develop further in my career and as a developer. Plus it’s at the bottom of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Which as a cyclist is kind of a big plus ;-) Mostly… [more]
Confidence Without Ego
…who set aside his opportunities to win, to support the careers and aspirations of other members of his team. And that, even more than his talent, is why cycling fans love him. Finding the balance… [more]