Dates covered: December 21-27, 2015 (week 51 of 52) Career How I Interview (via The Software Mentor) Rule One of Management: First, Do No Harm (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Stop Saying ‘Sorry’ If You Want to Say ‘Thank You’ (via Software Lead Weekly)…
RPM 69 Review
I’m trying something different for the Q1 2016 release of RPM by combining the music and release review into a single post. This comes not only as a simplification so that I only have one post to create, but because…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 51
Dates covered: December 14-20, 2015 (week 51 of 52) Career The Case for a Digital Notebook (via Erik Dietrich) What I Tell All New Programmers (via The Software Mentor) Do the Right Thing (via Software Lead Weekly) Your Best Employees WILL Leave You. Here’s…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 50
Dates covered: December 7-13, 2015 (week 50 of 52) Career Managers, Developers, and the In Between (via The Software Mentor) Why Hiring Is So Hard in Tech (via The Software Mentor) Onboarding Engineers: How to Tackle the First 30 Days (via The Software Mentor)…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 49
Dates covered: November 30-December 6, 2015 (week 49 of 52) Career 5 Reasons You Should Stop Trying to Live Up to Your Potential and Start Actually Living Instead (via Pluralsight Blog) Programmer, Developer, Engineer: What’s in a Name? (via Cameron Presley) The 2015…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 48
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…