This step was about prepping the inside of the fuselage. I didn’t encounter anything out of the ordinary here — gluing, filling some ejector pin marks, painting. Here’s the gallery of 36 images of this step. This step took about…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 4
Culture How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace (via HBR) Make workplace connection a ritual. Friendships need positivity, vulnerability, and consistency. Make it easy to ask for support. Make onboarding more experiential. Make recharging a reality. Learning and…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 3
Agile Dependencies Are Killing Your Agile Flow at Scale (via Mountain Goat Software) This post covers how dependencies can become bottlenecks if not managed well. It also describes ways to work through those dependencies, as they will likely never truly…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step A
Note: I’m identifying the steps that can be done independently with letters, and dependent ones with numbers. The two pieces for this step are the gearbox and the tail rotor that will be put on the main body once it’s…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 2
Career The Upside of Feeling Uncertain About Your Career (via HBR) “You hear colleagues say things like, ‘I want to make a difference’ and ‘I want to feel like my work matters,’ and privately fret, ‘Well, I want those things…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 1
Org structure Hunting Tech Debt via Org Charts (via Software Lead Weekly) This post covers common org chart arrangements and how different incentives create different outcomes. Engineering, product, security, and flat-structured orgs have pros and cons.
Year in Review: 2021
I continue to be amazed by how much I accomplish personally and professionally each year. Some highs Served as a panelist for a Scrum Master panel session hosted by Clayton Mobile Homes Played new video games: Warhammer: Vermintide II Nine…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 52
Listening Skills How to Become a Better Listener (via HBR) Listening has three aspects: cognitive, emotional, behavioral 9 tips: repeat the last few words back, don’t rephrase unless you need to, offer natural nonverbal cues to show you’re listening, pay…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 51
Career So You Botched a Job Interview. What’s Next? (via HBR) Reflect on the entire interview Use thank-you notes to show self-awareness Avoid false narratives Continue your job search Focus on the next interview Diversity and inclusion 3 Small Ways…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 1b
I tried my hand at some scratch building with the target sight system (TSS). It isn’t exactly the same as this inspirational build video, and I tried using googly eyes for camera lenses and thin-gauge wire to build some internal…