9 months ago
The wishlist is everything we hope to have and achieve one day. It’s everything that if we had, things would be perfect. It’s a good thing to aim for, but make sure you update it regularly. Wishes change, and so does the list.
9 months ago
Undeniably, one of the best scenes in the movie, Moneyball. “He Gets on Base” Build your team for what they can do, what you think they can do, not who they are, not what their accolades are, and not how many followers or repositories they have. For who they are, and what they can do. You can teach anyone anything, and if they have the drive to get on base, you can take them anywhere. Keep your hiring simple – can they get on base (and yes I love baseball).
10 months ago
If you want to get ahead, you’re going to have to put in more hours, and those hours can invariably only come at night. You don’t need to work every night, but if you want to get ahead, it’s the same as it has been for hundreds of years – work when others are sleeping. It’s asking more of you. It’s putting more on you. You don’t know if it will pay off. And it’s not for everyone.
10 months ago
There is only one last tweak, fix or change to make. To get it just so. To make it perfect. But 10 iterations ago, it was perfect. Release it, let the users decide where the last tweak should truly go.
10 months ago
There is no difference between big and little projects. One might need more people and money, the other might need more agility, but in the end, they are still projects with meetings, people, and processes. But they both need to get done. They still matter to someone. They both hold value. Downgrading one because it isn’t “big enough” is a copout. Cutting corners because one is too small is a surefire way to miss valuable steps. Each project needs has tasks that need to be completed by people who have an interest in seeing the project get completed and creating
