Dates covered: August 17-23, 2015 (week 34 of 52) Career I’m an Engineer and I’m in Demand – So Pay Me More! (via Cameron Presley) Do I Have Too Much Experience to Become an Apprentice? (via Cameron Presley) Don’t Be a Human Resource (via…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 33
Dates covered: August 10-16, 2015 (week 33 of 52) Career Use These 7 Tricks to Win Meetings and Get Promoted (via Erik Dietrich) Dear Startups: Stop Asking Me Math Puzzles to Figure Out If I Can Code (via Cameron Presley) I Don’t Have…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 32
Dates covered: August 3-9, 2015 (week 32 of 52) Career Code Kata? How about Product Kata? (via Erik Dietrich) Ship Something Yourself, Even if You Earn Only a Dollar (Part 1) Ship Something Yourself, Even if You Earn Only a Dollar (Part…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 31
Dates covered: July 27-August 2, 2015 (week 31 of 52) Career The Age of Least Resistance (via Cameron Presley) Who Accepts Your Team’s Academy Awards? (via Erik Dietrich) How Performance Reviews Are Being Reinvented, Refined, and Perfected (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication 26…
August 2015 RPM Mix
Here is my RPM track list for August 2015. July was a busy month for me, so I’ll be launching RPM 67 in September and RPM 68 in October. [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time,Release Pack Ride,Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love…
Fate-driven Career Management
I’ve never really had a career path in mind, that is, what tech to learn and when, what job titles to get, when to retire, etc. Most of my successes and opportunities seem to be a combination of personality traits and…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 30
Dates covered: July 20-26, 2015 (week 30 of 52) Career The One Question to Ask Developers Before You Make a Hire Decision (via Cameron Presley) Secrets of computer science: Tips for aspiring programmers, and advice for their teachers (via Rich Rogers) Promote…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 29
Dates covered: July 13-19, 2015 (week 29 of 52) Career Let’s Put Some Dignity Back into Job Seeking (via Erik Dietrich) The Hiring Post (via Software Lead Weekly) How to Control a Job Interview (via Cameron Presley) Technical Hiring and Cultural Fit…
StrengthsFinder Assessment Results
Two months ago (May 2015) I read the book First, Break All the Rules, which was recommended to me by a manager where I work. This book talks about the results of over 80,000 surveys of workers and managers, in…
CodeStock 2015
This year marked the seventh year I’ve attended CodeStock, a two-day software developer conference in Knoxville, TN. Getting engaged, inspired, informed, and the having an opportunity to reconnect with others is what makes attending such conferences worth it for me. Speaker…