While helping mentor a teammate on some unit testing practices, I came across a wrinkle about how the code coverage metric can be misleading when your program flow is structured in a particular way. Caveat: The code and unit tests…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 33
Dates covered: August 15-21 2016 (week 33 of 52) Career How to Hire a Software Developer (via The Software Mentor) Thoughts on the Technical Track (via Software Lead Weekly) Wealth, Health, Work, and Weight (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Watch Your Words: Feedback Analysis (via…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 32
Dates covered: August 8-14, 2016 (week 32 of 52) Career The Jobs We’ll Lose to Machines and the Ones We Won’t (via TED) How to Build a Business That Lasts 100 Years (via TED) Culture Lowering the Bar (via Software Lead Weekly)…
RPM 71 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2016 Q3 release, RPM 71. 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 – 2016 – Week 31
Dates covered: August 1-7, 2016 (week 31 of 52) Career How to Think about Your Career (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication The Dreaded Weekly Status E-mail (via The Software Mentor) “I Like I Wish” to Get Better Feedback (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture…
August 2016 RPM Mix
Here is my RPM track list for August 2016. Last month was the launch of RPM 71, so expect RPM 72 in October! [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time,Release Pack Ride,Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself),Ne-Yo,5:44,60 Pace,Diamonds (Bimbo Jones Vocal…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 30
Dates covered: July 25-31, 2016 (week 30 of 52) Career The Business-Personal Value Continuum (via Erik Dietrich) Don’t Let Your Professional Shortcomings Hold You Back at Work (via Lifehacker) A Compendium of Software Architects’ Pathologies (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Don’t pave the…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 29
Dates covered: July 18-24, 2016 (week 29 of 52) Career Sources of Inspiration (via Erik Dietrich) Actually Useful Questions to Ask in Informational Interviews (via Lifehacker) Technical Interviews – A Revised Process (via Software Lead Weekly) CodeStock Presentation: Soft Skills (via Justin Ellison)…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 28
Dates covered: July 11-17, 2016 (week 28 of 52) Career Please Don’t Quit — Every Expert Was Once a Beginner (via The Software Mentor) .NET Rocks! 1322: Learning Tech on KataCoda with Ben Hall (via .NET Rocks!) Culture Diary of a Death March:…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 27
Dates covered: July 4-10, 2016 (week 27 of 52) Career Don’t Accept Counter Offers (via The Software Mentor) Finding Time to Become a Better Developer (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Confessions of a Public Speaker – by Scott Berkun (via The Software Mentor)…