Dates covered: March 20-26, 2017 (week 12 of 52) Culture State of Software Development at Startups in 2017 (via Tamas Torok) Lessons from 7 highly successful software engineering cultures (via Software Lead Weekly) Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results – 2017 (via Software Lead Weekly)…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 11
Dates covered: March 13-19, 2017 (week 11 of 52) Culture Tech Interview Torture Chamber (via The Software Mentor) Speakers, Let’s Change Our Terminology: No More Rejections (via The Software Mentor) Being an Effective Ally to Women and Non-Binary People (via Software Lead Weekly)…
Trip Report: Management and Leadership Skills for First-time Supervisors and Managers
In January 2017, I was promoted to Team Leader. This move is a more formal management position, as I now have three people I supervise. To help in this transition, it was suggested that I enroll in some introductory management/leadership…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 10
Dates covered: March 6-12, 2017 (week 10 of 52) Culture The 4-letter-word word that makes my blood boil. (via Software Lead Weekly) Against The Whiteboard (via Software Lead Weekly) Getting Human Resources Right (via Software Lead Weekly) Management Management & Leadership Skills for…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 9
Dates covered: February 27-March 5, 2017 (week 9 of 52) Career The Impact Github is Having on Your Software Career, Right Now… (via The Software Mentor) Reading Comprehension Strategies (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture Your Software Just Isn’t Mission Critical (via The Software…
An Opinion from a GitHub Outsider
I recently read a post a friend shared entitled The Impact Github is Having on Your Software Career, Right Now…, and it irritated me a bit. Twitter wasn’t the right medium, so I figured a blog post was warranted. Here’s…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 8
Dates covered: February 20-26, 2017 (week 8 of 52) Career What does a Director of Engineering do? (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture Your Culture is Rotting (via Rands In Repose) A Critical Chain of Bus Factors (via Roy Osherove) Reflecting On One Very,…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 7
Dates covered: February 13-19, 2017 (week 7 of 52) Career The Not-So-Passionate Programmer: finding a job when you’re just a normal person (via The Software Mentor) Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion (via The Software Mentor) Don’t Pursue Programming if…
RPM 73 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2017 Q1 release, RPM 73. 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 6
Dates covered: February 6-12, 2017 (week 6 of 52) Career The Disease of More (via Mark Manson) The 10 Commandments of Good Thinking (via Software Lead Weekly) Senior Engineers Reduce Risk (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture GitLab’s Secret to Managing 160 Employees…