Dates covered: March 16-23, 2015 (week 12 of 52) Career To fight or not to fight: how to know when to go to battle for an idea (and how to win) (via Rich Rogers) The Idea Person (via Software Lead Weekly) The…
Generalist or Specialist
This morning I read Greg Jorgensen’s post entitled “The things you need to know to do web development” and was in awe at the dizzying array of moving pieces that are part of Web development these days. As a disclaimer, my day…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 9
Dates covered: February 23-March 1, 2015 (week 9 of 52) Career How to Have a Better Career in Software (via Pluralsight Blog, recommended by Cameron Presley) Team of Teams: The Big SCRUM Series (via David Starr) Nobody Hates Software More Than…
March 2015 BODYJAM Mix
This month I’ll continue teaching the most recent release, BODYJAM 71 (10 Years Turnt Up). There are several reasons I’m staying with this release: Most of this month will be spent learning the newest release, BODYJAM 72, which will be launched…
March 2015 RPM Mix
Here are my RPM track lists for March 2015. I’ll be teaching the extended length mix on Sundays. Normal RPM Length [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time,Release Pack Ride,Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself),Ne-Yo,5:44,60 Pace,Halfway Gone,Poptent,5:14,51 Hills,Loco (Empyre One Remix),Manian,6:52,55 Mixed Terrain,Supersoaker,Kings of…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 8
Dates covered: February 16-22, 2015 (week 8 of 52) Career On Being a Senior Engineer (via Rich Rogers) Write A Resignation Letter, But Don’t Deliver It (via Lifehacker) Technical Excellence and Professional Process (via David Starr) The Joel Test for Programmers…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 7
Dates covered: February 9-15, 2015 (week 7 of 52) Career The Impact Trap: How We End up Settling (via Lifehacker) Aggregation of Indignities (via Eric Dietrich) Why Learning to Code Is So Damn Hard (via Lifehacker) What Doesn’t Seem Like Work? (via Software…
Initial Thoughts on LastPass
Last week my manager asked around at work for input on LastPass, a password management service. There are other similar password tools, yet LastPass seems to come out on top among Lifehacker readers. Given that I don’t know anyone that…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 6
Dates covered: February 2-8, 2015 (week 6 of 52) Career Common Career Wisdom That Isn’t Completely True (via Lifehacker) The Burdens of Expertise (via Scott Berkun) Job Hopping Might Hurt Your Job Search More Than Unemployment or Age (via Lifehacker) Programmer IS a…
February 2015 BODYJAM Mix
This month I’ll continue teaching the most recent release, BODYJAM 71 (10 Years Turnt Up) with the BODYJAM team. When I teach on the 27th, I’ll be doing the Mash It track list. (You can also check out my comments about…