Dates covered: August 6-12, 2018 (week 32 of 52) Business What MoviePass Can Teach Us About the Future of Subscription Businesses (via Harvard Business Review) The Marketing Message That Works with Republicans but Not Democrats (via Harvard Business Review) Who Decides How Much…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 31
Dates covered: July 30-August 5, 2018 (week 31 of 52) Business Landing Amazon HQ2 Isn’t the Right Way for a City to Create Jobs. Here’s What Works Instead (via Harvard Business Review) The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget (via…
Summary: Managing Humans
One of the professional development training items on the books for FY18-19 at work was the book Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp. This post gives a quick overview of what I learned,…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 30
Dates covered: July 23-29, 2018 (week 30 of 52) Business It Costs $50k to Hire a Software Engineer (via The Software Mentor) How U.S. Law Needs to Change to Support the Self-Employed and Gig Economy (via Harvard Business Review) A 5-Part Process…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 29
Dates covered: July 16-22, 2018 (week 29 of 52) Career 7 warning signs that you shouldn’t accept a job offer (via The Software Mentor) Becoming a senior developer: 9 experiences you’ll encounter (via The Software Mentor) 7 Skills That Aren’t About to…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 28
Dates covered: July 9-15, 2018 (week 28 of 52) Business 4 Signs an Executive Isn’t Ready for Coaching (via Harvard Business Review) What You Need to Know About California’s New Data Privacy Law (via Harvard Business Review) 7 Compensation Strategies for Cash-Strapped…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 27
Dates covered: July 2-8, 2018 (week 27 of 52) Business Finding the Perfect Pace for Product Launches (via Harvard Business Review) The Factors Behind China’s Growing Strength in Innovation (via Harvard Business Review) The CEO of Levi Strauss on Leading an…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 26
Dates covered: June 25-July 1, 2018 (week 26 of 52) Career I Don’t Contribute to Open Source (via The Software Mentor) How to Prove Yourself After a Promotion (via Harvard Business Review) The Myth of the Intrapreneur (via Harvard Business Review) New…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 25
Dates covered: June 18-24, 2018 (week 25 of 52) Business Is This the Hospital That Will Finally Push the Expensive U.S. Health Care System to Innovate? (via Harvard Business Review) Career What Makes a Senior Developer (via The Software Mentor) Are…
Professional Development – 2018 – Week 24
Dates covered: June 11-17, 2018 (week 24 of 52) Business Learnings over the Years of Businessing (via Software Lead Weekly) Career Why Managers Shouldn’t Have the Final Say in Performance Reviews (via Harvard Business Review) Performance Reviews Are a Waste of…