4 weeks ago
If we stopped designing houses, the results would be interesting. We design for a reason, we take that moment to breathe and think about a problem, stare out a window in silence, and contemplate what is happening. Any problem that has been solved well took this time to figure out the design. Yes, it’s not always fast, but it should always be good.
1 month ago
We’re being reconditioned right now to not think because it takes too long. I spent 3 hours this past weekend thinking about how to approach some problems, what would and would not work, and running through the scenarios in my head. I’m still running through a coding problem with AI that is encroaching on 5 hours, trying to get something to work that should just work (based on the APIs). Thinking is good, thinking is important, you should plan time to think about solutions to problems and not only barrel through them as fast as you can.
1 month ago
Because they force you to do something you’re not (at least not all of us are accustomed to). Focus and get to the finish line. When you are running, that’s the goal, the finish line – whether the road is bad, it’s raining, there are lots of people – the goal is the same: get to the finish line. And the only way to do that is to focus and move your feet. That focus and that goal are what many sprints are missing when they fail. Get to the goal.
1 month ago
I don’t know if there is a peak in our careers anymore. (I’m not sure there ever was, I thought you just kept learning and learning and learning). But now, if anything, I see it as climbing to the top of one mountain, getting there, seeing an even higher mountain, and having to climb back down and climb up again. What we thought as the peak of our careers is constantly evolving and changing, picking the right mountain to climb is becoming harder and harder.
1 month ago
Right now, most LinkedIn and Instagram posts focus on how you can get to 10x learning technology Y or how you can deliver 15x using AI this. No one is talking about the customer reception or how much they enjoy using the product. If all your customers can talk about is that you’re fast to get the next release out there and not speak to any of your features, they don’t care about what you’re doing – maybe they’re along for the ride. Speed will get you so far – knowing what you do, understanding your product, creating a customer
