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: Waltzing with Bears – Managing Risk on Software Projects by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister….
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 47
Dates covered: November 20-26, 2017 (week 47 of 52) Career How to Turn Around a Job You Want to Quit (via The Software Mentor) 2018’s Software Engineering Talent Shortage— It’s quality, not just quantity (via The Software Mentor) Collection of Random Comics…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 46
Dates covered: November 13-19, 2017 (week 46 of 52) Communication Negotiation Cheat Sheet (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture First Day as a Junior Developer (via The Software Mentor) Leadership Working on the Right Thing (via Software Lead Weekly) Practical tips…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 45
Dates covered: November 6-12, 2017 (week 45 of 52) Communication What nobody tells you about documentation (via The Software Mentor) On Writing Tech Specs (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture When we only hire the best means we only hire the…
Summary: Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
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: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink. This post gives a…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 44
Dates covered: October 30-November 5, 2017 (week 44 of 52) Career How to Turn around a Job You Want to Quit (via Lifehacker) Culture The Only Person I’ll Pair Program with is my Cat (via The Software Mentor) Leadership To be…
RPM 76 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2017 Q4 release, RPM 76. I’ll start with my general thoughts for the release, and if you’re interested in a track-by-track breakdown, keep on reading. General Thoughts…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 43
Dates covered: October 23-29, 2017 (week 43 of 52) Communication Escaping E-mail Hell (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made. (via The Software Mentor) You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy. (via…
Control, Competence, and Clarity
TL;DR — As a leader, be aware of the levels of control, competence, and clarity for your teams so that you can help them be effective. Understand that each variable is on a spectrum, and your team will feel differently…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 42
Dates covered: October 16-22, 2017 (week 42 of 52) Career The curious transition to becoming an engineering manager (via Software Lead Weekly) Management Do Open Doors Lead to Passive Managers? (via Cameron Presley) Gatekeepers and Gardeners (via Software Lead Weekly) Process Engineering…