Dates covered: March 27-April 2, 2017 (week 13 of 52) Career Programmer Competency Matrix (via The Software Mentor) Communication Running a Manager Feedback Cycle (via Software Lead Weekly) Process The 1 Percent Rule: Why a Few People Get Most of the Rewards (via James…
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Professional Development – 2017 – Week 10
Dates covered: March 6-12, 2017 (week 10 of 52) Culture The 4-letter-word word that makes my blood boil. (via Software Lead Weekly) Against The Whiteboard (via Software Lead Weekly) Getting Human Resources Right (via Software Lead Weekly) Management Management & Leadership Skills for…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 8
Dates covered: February 20-26, 2017 (week 8 of 52) Career What does a Director of Engineering do? (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture Your Culture is Rotting (via Rands In Repose) A Critical Chain of Bus Factors (via Roy Osherove) Reflecting On One Very,…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 7
Dates covered: February 13-19, 2017 (week 7 of 52) Career The Not-So-Passionate Programmer: finding a job when you’re just a normal person (via The Software Mentor) Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion (via The Software Mentor) Don’t Pursue Programming if…
Professional Year in Review (2016)
DPRA, Inc. JFAST Implemented multiple features and fixed several bugs for Release 7 of JFAST, a system that allows military planners to perform transportation and logistics feasibility analyses for selecting the best course of action Became a team lead; this involved taking more…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 4
Dates covered: January 23-29, 2017 (week 4 of 52) Career Superhuman Developers, Decision Fatigue and Procrastination (via The Software Mentor) Bad Advice I Have Received (via The Software Mentor) Finding Your Way from Maker to Manager (via Software Lead Weekly) A better way…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 3
Dates covered: January 16-22, 2017 (week 3 of 52) Career How do I outlast the software engineer gold rush/massive influx? (via The Software Mentor) Ten Tips for People Early in Their Careers (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication On Better Meetings (via Software Lead…
Professional Development – 2017 – Week 1
Dates covered: January 2-8, 2017 (week 1 of 52) Career Make Goals Based on Your Own Values, Not Someone Else’s (via Lifehacker) Focus Your Ambitions with the Lifehacker Hierarchy of Goals (via Lifehacker) If You Can’t Be Trusted With Little Things, No…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 52
Dates covered: December 26, 2016 – January 1, 2017 (week 52 of 52) Career Don’t Sign That Contract! Developer Job Deal Breakers (via The Software Mentor) .NET Rocks! 1394: Software Development Apprenticeship with Will Gant and BJ Burns (via .NET Rocks!) I’m…
Professional Development – 2016 – Week 51
Dates covered: December 19-25, 2016 (week 51 of 52) Career No, I Have No Side Code Projects to Show You (via The Software Mentor) Preparing to Be a Badass Next Year (via Software Lead Weekly) Culture Why Are There Still So Many…