Dates covered: March 26-April 1, 2018 (week 13 of 52) Career A journey from Junior Developer to Technical Lead (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture Write Useful Mission Statements in 3 Easy Steps (via Software Lead Weekly) Design 100 Things Every Designer Needs…
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Summary: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People
One of the professional development training items on the books for FY17-18 at work was a book I’ve had on my to-read list for several years: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan Weinschenk, PhD. This post…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 12
Dates covered: March 19-25, 2018 (week 12 of 52) Career When is a senior engineer not a senior engineer? (via The Software Mentor) How to make one of the most difficult decisions as a manager: Leaving your company (via Software Lead Weekly)…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 11
Dates covered: March 12-18, 2018 (week 11 of 52) Career It’s perfectly fine to only code at work, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. (via The Software Mentor) Communication How to Run Inclusive Meetings (via The Software Mentor) Prattfalls: Better Communication…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 10
Dates covered: March 5-11, 2018 (week 10 of 52) Communication .NET Rocks! 1526: Building Dashboards with Jessica White (via .NET Rocks!) Culture Why I Collapsed on the Job (via The Software Mentor) Learned Helplessness in Software Engineering (via Software Lead Weekly) Top…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 9
Dates covered: February 26-March 4, 2018 (week 9 of 52) Career Always Be Leaving (via The Software Mentor) Should I Quit My Job? Take This Quiz to–Just Kidding (via The Software Mentor) The hard thing about hard things: When a manager…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 8
Dates covered: February 19-25, 2018 (week 8 of 52) Career Advice to the newish programmer (via The Software Mentor) Learning to program is getting harder (via The Software Mentor) Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience. (via TED) Letting…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 7
Dates covered: February 12-18, 2018 (week 7 of 52) Communication Your Abstract Sucks (via The Software Mentor) Culture HR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now (via The Software Mentor) The Surprising Ingredient that Makes Businesses…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 6
Dates covered: February 5-11, 2018 (week 6 of 52) Career How to Turn a Job Opening into a Dream Job for Top Tech Talent (via The Software Mentor) Progressing from Tech to Leadership (via Software Lead Weekly) Finding Fulfilling Work…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 5
Dates covered: January 29-February 4, 2018 (week 5 of 52) Career Letter to a Junior Engineer (via The Software Mentor) “I Wasn’t Stupid Enough to Say This Could Be Done Overnight” (via Freakonomics Radio) Culture How to Turn Your Hellhole…