Career Living Apart for Work (via Harvard Business Review) This lifestyle is something I hadn’t given much thought to. Technology has helped make this easier, but a key measure of success is the quality of your relationship before living apart….
Remote – Part 2
This post continues the book club discussion of Remote: Office Not Required. See also: Remote – Part 1 Here are my notes for the second section, “Dealing with Excuses.” Houston thought some of the arguments in this section were cherry-picked…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 37
Business The CEO of Canada Goose on Creating a Homegrown Luxury Brand (via Harvard Business Review) An interesting highlight piece of a company choosing quality, a well-trained workforce in their own country, and sticking to their principles even when it’s…
Remote – Part 1
The book Remote: Office Not Required has been on my reading list since August 2018. At the time of this writing, I manage two remote developers and Houston Miller has recently become a remote developer. Continuing our book club (with…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 36
Dates covered: September 2-8, 2019 (week 36 of 52) Business 6 Ways CEOs Can Prove They Care About More Than Shareholder Value (via Harvard Business Review) Address CEO pay and incentives relative to their company’s employees Make employees owners (i.e.,…
The Phoenix Project – Part 8
This post concludes the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 7 Here are my notes for the additional chapters after the main story… Brent was cast as a “sharer” instead of a…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 8
(Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to the YouTube video.) In the previous post I painted the fuselage. This post covers applying the decals. Description At this point the paint has sort of a…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 35
Dates covered: August 26-September 1, 2019 (week 35 of 52) Business What It Takes to Hire 10 Employees in San Francisco (via The Software Mentor) Silicon Valley can be its own microcosm of the tech landscape, and this article described…
The Phoenix Project – Part 7
This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 6 Here are my notes for chapters 31-35… The team is heading toward ten deployments each day, which the team initially finds…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 34
Dates covered: August 19-25, 2019 (week 34 of 52) Business 181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit (via Harvard Business Review) The tides may be turning on Milton Friedman’s era of “shareholder capitalism”. Modern CEOs are…