I love to measure things, especially how much time I’m spending on certain activities. How much time did that sub-task take at work? How much time do I spend in the car? How long does it take me to prepare…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 49
Dates covered: December 5-11, 2016 (week 49 of 52) Career Finding a Tech Leadership Job in Silicon Alley: 78 days, 43 Interviews, 18 companies, 1 job (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture .NET Rocks! 1385: Imposter Syndrome with Rob Conery (via .NET Rocks!) Coconut…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 48
Dates covered: November 28-December 4, 2016 (week 48 of 52) Career I spent 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp. Here’s what I learned. (via The Software Mentor) Code, Code, Code (via The Software Mentor) I Don’t Belong in Tech (via…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 47
Dates covered: November 21-27, 2016 (week 47 of 52) Career On Being Surpassed Gracefully (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture The code I’m still ashamed of (via The Software Mentor) Building and Motivating Engineering Teams (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication How I Share Information…
Ending the TL;DL Experiment
For the last month (since October 26, 2016), I’ve been running an experiment to see if the following project would have any impact: I listen to .NET Rocks! to keep up with what’s going on with .NET development. The episodes…
RPM 72 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2016 Q4 release, RPM 72. 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…
TL;DL – .NET Rocks! 1379 (SQL Choices with Tony Petrossian)
Show link: .NET Rocks! 1379 (SQL Choices with Tony Petrossian) Guest: Tony Petrossian (pronounced peh-TROH-see-uhn) Show Notes Discussion about the IoT comment from the listener (see below) Many customers store data in SQL Server because of in-memory processing, analytics, and the…
RPM AIM-2
Last weekend (Nov 19-20, 2016) I attended my second Advanced Instructor Module (AIM) for a Les Mills program; this module focused on RPM (release 72). This post is about my experience. TL;DR — 1. I now have advanced instructor status; 2….
TL;DL – .NET Rocks! 1378 (Science of Great UI with Mark Miller)
Show link: .NET Rocks! 1378 (Science of Great UI with Mark Miller) Guest: Mark Miller Show Notes What’s is the training course on UI you’ve been working on? It contains cognitive science research (experiments) with original conclusions that lead to guidelines for…
TL;DL – .NET Rocks! 1377 (The Marketing of .NET with Beth Massi)
Show link: .NET Rocks! 1377 (The Marketing of .NET with Beth Massi) Guest: Beth Massi Show Notes Beth Massi has software development experience, but is now the product marketing manager for .NET. Traditional marketing does not work with developers: you need…