Dates covered: November 23-29, 2015 (week 48 of 52) Career Why the Best Hire Might Not Have the Perfect Resume (via TED) First Things First (via The Software Mentor) Communication Your Coworker’s Bad Code: Having The Hard Conversation (via Erik Dietrich) NYPD Hostage…
December 2015 RPM Mix
This month I’ll be revisiting RPM 65 (which we launched January 2015). Check out my comments about the music and general comments about the release. In January we’ll be launching the brand new RPM 69, so stay tuned for a post in…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 47
Dates covered: November 16-22, 2015 (week 47 of 52) Culture How a Small Team of 13 Engineers Successfully Builds a Product on 8 Different Platforms (via Software Lead Weekly) Why Organizations Don’t Learn (via Software Lead Weekly) What It’s Like (via Software Lead Weekly)…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 46
Dates covered: November 9-15, 2015 (week 46 of 52) Communication Quiet Isn’t Always Anti-social (via Erik Dietrich) A Leadership Lesson from An Army General: Use “Briefback” Communication (via Lifehacker) Culture People Who Succeed Against the Odds All Have One Thing in Common (via Lifehacker)…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 45
Dates covered: November 1-8, 2015 (week 45 of 52) Career My New Project and Dignity in Hiring (via Erik Dietrich) How to Create Your Own Career-defining Moments (via Pluralsight Blog) Communication 15 Deal-breakers to Avoid When Pitching an Idea (via The Software Mentor) All…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 44
Dates covered: October 26-30, 2015 (week 44 of 52) Culture Standard Organizations Illustrated (via Erik Dietrich) Career If You Want More Control of Your Life, Make Different Decisions (via Lifehacker) Share Your Knowledge Through Mentorship (via The Software Mentor) Five Things Old Programmers…
November 2015 RPM Mix
Here’s my RPM track list for November 2015. [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time,Release Pack Ride,Pumpin Blood,NONONO,4:32,63 Pace,The Spark,Afrojack feat. Spree Wilson,4:59,63 Hills,Maria (I Like It Loud) (R.I.O Remix),Scooter,6:06,63 Mixed Terrain,Cheating,John Newman,4:58,63 Intervals,Try It Again,The Hives,5:18,63 Speed Work,Dear Boy,Avicii,6:36,63 Mountain Climb,Toca’s Miracle (Original Mix),Nick Skitz…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 43
Dates covered: October 19-25, 2015 (week 43 of 52) Career Screw Finding Your Passion (via Greg Jorgensen) Culture Founders: It’s not 1990. Stop treating your employees like it is. (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication: The First Casualty of a Team’s Growth (via Software Lead…
How to Win Friends and Influence People
This post serves as the table of contents to the individual posts in a multi-part series where I shared the highlights of the sections/subsections of the book How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Fundamental Techniques for…
Be a Leader (Part 9 of 9)
This is the thirtieth (and last) post in a multi-part series where I share the highlights of the sections/subsections of the book How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Previous: Use encouragement; make the fault seem easy to…