All posts tagged “Professional Development

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 45

Dates covered: November 7-13, 2016 (week 45 of 52) Career Programming Is Boring (via The Software Mentor) Programmer Personality Test (via Cameron Presley) Communication Gossip, Rumors, and Lies (via Michael Lopp) Why You Should Argue with Your Employees (via The Software Mentor) On…

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 44

Dates covered: October 31-November 6, 2016 (week 44 of 52) Career Start Networking with People Outside Your Industry (via Harvard Business Review Audible channel) Focus – my keynote at AgileByExample, Warsaw (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Status Meetings Are the Scourge (via Signal…

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 42

Dates covered: October 17-23, 2016 (week 42 of 52) Communication We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers (via TED) Culture The myth of low-hanging fruit: Be careful when you use the word “easy” to describe other people’s jobs. (via Software Lead Weekly)…

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 41

Dates covered: October 10-16, 2016 (week 41 of 52) Career 7 Years of Blogging, and a Lifetime Later… (via The Software Mentor) Practical Frameworks for Beating Burnout (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication Education through automation: Slack Concierge (via Software Lead Weekly) Community .NET…

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 40

Dates covered: October 3-9, 2016 (week 40 of 52) Career Reflections of an Old Programmer (via Alan Barber) Culture I Have 21 Radical Ideas (via The Software Mentor) 25 Tips for Diverse Hiring (via Software Lead Weekly) Team and Strategy (via Software Lead Weekly) Management A…

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 39

Dates covered: September 26-October 2, 2016 (week 39 of 52) Culture Path to Craftsmanship: The Art of Being Wrong (via The Software Mentor) Hail the Heroes! (via Software Lead Weekly) Why HR Shouldn’t Own Inclusion (via Software Lead Weekly) The Egoless Programmer (via 8th…

Professional Development – 2016 – Week 37

Dates covered: September 12-18, 2016 (week 37 of 52) Career It’s Tough Being over 40 in Silicon Valley (via The Software Mentor) How not to bomb your offer negotiation (via The Software Mentor) Three Unconventional Interview Questions (via Software Lead Weekly) Flexible Working…