A YouTube viewer asked a question, wondering what I would do if I were starting over today and needed to find work (among other things). It’s a good question – and one that is important for everyone to consider, even if you’re not currently looking. Before answering the question, though, the viewer asked me to […]
It’s All Or Nothing … Right?
We, as software developers and people in general, share a romanticized mythology of the “all or nothing”, diving in head-first, method of learning or doing something new. But is the all-or-nothing mentality the right way to look at things? Can we re-build an existing software project, from scratch, in a new technology? Will this effort […]
What Work Should You Delegate?
In the previous video, I talked about the balance between delegating work with a “toss is over the fence” mentality vs checking in to see how things are going. But I never asked, nor answered, the question of what work should be delegated, in the first place. Unfortunately, the only valid answer – like everything […]
The Key To Delegating Work
Getting thrown in to the deep end of any new responsibility can be quite a challenge – but none more so than the challenge of managing other people and their projects, when you have no experience with management! As someone that has been through the ranks of project leadership and management, I’ve found a few […]
What is Job Security, as a Developer?
It’s a question that a lot of people ask, and one that comes up in the movie “Office Space” where the characters are talking about the idea of ending up working at the same job for 20 or 30 years. “I would love that kind of job security” was the response from one character. And […]