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…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 28
Dates covered: July 6-12, 2015 (week 28 of 52) Culture The Disruption Machine: What the gospel of innovation gets wrong (via Alan Stevens) A Day in the Life of a Programmer (via Alan Barber) Economics The Economics of Sleep: Part 1 (via Freakonomics Radio) Management…
Your Playbook
This is a soft-skills talk presented at CodeStock 2015 and DevSpace 2015. {CodeStock slide deck (~4 MB); DevSpace 2015 slide deck (~20 MB)} play·book – n. a stock of usual tactics or methods. We are builders, solvers, and thinkers — wielders of logic…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 27
Dates covered: June 29-July 5, 2015 (week 27 of 52) Career What Happens When You Stop Relying on Resumes (via Cameron Presley) Office Politics 101 for Recovering Idealists (via Erik Dietrich) Communication A seminar on How To Avoid Death By PowerPoint, full with…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 26
Dates covered: June 22-28, 2015 (week 26 of 52) Career It’s a Large Batch Life for Us (via Erik Dietrich) Do You Sell Your Hands or Your Brain? (via Cameron Presley) Early vs. Beginning Coders (via Cameron Presley) Advice to Software Developer Interns (via Cameron…
July 2015 RPM Mix
Here is my RPM track list for July 2015. July is a busy month for me, so I’ll be launching RPM 67 in August. [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time,Release Pack Ride,Counting Stars,OneRepublic,5:24,62 Pace,Wake Me Up,Avicii,5:57,62 Hills,Tonight,Manian & Nicco,6:21,62 Mixed Terrain,Supersoaker,Kings of Leon,4:59,62 Intervals,Love Me…