I’ve re-read a few books over time whenever I’m in a rut, some are timeless that can always give you that kick to realize what you need to focus on and get back into gear. The Dip by Seth Godin. 7 Habits by Steven Covey. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Steal Like and Artist by Austin Kleon. All great books, all small, all focused and to the point. If you haven’t read them,…
My first ever meeting was a A & W team meeting at a food court. I had no idea why we were there; they fired someone the morning of, so they announced it here. We had danishes and Coke to drink. And when they asked if anyone had any pressing issues, I asked if I could have smaller pants because mine were too big (I know, priorities when you’re a teen). I can recall what…
Doesn’t matter who owns the ticket or how it gets done. What matters is that the team gets it done. That’s it, that’s all. Ship the Team.
I had a long drive home yesterday, so I thought I’d listen to a podcast. Found a new one I had downloaded but never listened to an episode of. Then I listened to 7 minutes of ads. Then I stopped listening. The desire to hook a new listener as been replaced with the desire to get a pegcount on their ads.
Does time to complete actually matter anymore? What about the quality of the work? What about the efficiency with which you completed the work? What about how much of it you were able to do independently? What about the value you created in your work? If all you’re measuring is speed, then yes, AI is going to slaughter you. But there is more than metric to measure by.