Dates covered: December 8-14, 2014 (week 50 of 52) Career A Tech Lead Paradox: Technical Needs vs. Business Needs (via The Morning Brew) Lazy Expert Syndrome: What Brought Down Al Capone Can Keep You On Top Of Your Game (via Cameron Presley) From…
Professional Year in Review (2014)
BVA v6.0 Shipped v6.0.3 of our flagship application; projected deadline set by the team was met, and the shipping product contained more features than were initially in-scope Incorporated hundreds of unit tests; addressed all tests marked as inconclusive so that…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 49
Dates covered: December 1-7, 2014 (week 49 of 52) Career Growing Developers (via Cameron Presley) The Dominant Leader Fallacy (via Eric Dietrich) How to Be an Effective Leader Even if You’re Shy (via Lifehacker) Lessons Learned Growing a Startup From Zero…
December 2014 RPM Mix
Here’s my RPM track list for December 2014. [table] Track,Title,Artist,Time,Release Pack Ride,Treasure,Bruno Mars,4:32,61 Pace,Numb,Usher,5:41,59 Hills,Army of Hardcore (Extended Club Mix),Scooter,6:34,60 Mixed Terrain,If I Lose Myself,OneRepublic,6:03,60 Intervals,Ready to Rock,Airborne,5:22,61 Speed Work,Pair of Dice (Original Mix),Tiesto & Allure,6:22,59 Mountain Climb,Just One Last Time…
Switching to NSubstitute
This post briefly describes the rationale behind changing my preferred isolation/mocking framework from Rhino Mocks to NSubstitute. I’m also including a kind of quick reference section for describing common testing scenarios involving NSubstitute. Why use an isolation framework? Here are two…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 48
Dates covered: November 24-30, 2014 (week 48 of 52) Communication 27 Pre-Written Templates For Your Toughest Work Emails (via Lifehacker) Use One Lunch Hour to Network Instead of Your Usual Routine (via Lifehacker) Culture Why Programmers Work at Night (from Shawn Wildermuth…
BODYJAM 71 Music Review
Part of my process of learning a BODYJAM release is to listen to the music first before doing anything with the choreography. Considering the Les Mills program directors pick the music first and choreograph later, I’m trying to approach the release…
RPM 62 Music Review
Part of my process of learning an RPM release is to listen to the music first before doing anything with the choreography. Considering the Les Mills program directors pick the music first and choreograph later, I’m trying to approach the…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 47
Dates covered: November 17-23, 2014 (week 47 of 52) Culture Annihilating Complexity (via Eric Dietrich) The Power of Empathy (via Software Lead Weekly) The Value of Transparency (via Software Lead Weekly) How to Create a Great Intern Culture (via Software Lead Weekly) The…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 46
Dates covered: November 10-16, 2014 (week 46 of 52) Career Developer to Architect No, you are not ‘running late’, you are rude and selfish (via Cameron Presley) Beyond Event Hopping: How to Step Up Your Professional Networking (via Lifehacker) How to Respond…