You can’t beat a flawless demo. Except with a busted demo. If done right, a busted demo will always leave them wanting more because they’ve seen how far you’ve come. Demos still have value, with or without AI, it just depends how far you are willing to push them. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).  I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.

1 day ago

The Secret to Climbing Ladders

Greg Thomas

Focus on moving up; don’t look back. Do the job, focus on what matters most. When done, head back down. Don’t get distracted; keep your mind on the task at hand, and avoid any and all distractions. Applies to using a ladder to paint or screwing in a lightbulb and also career growth. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).  I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.

2 days ago

Want to get better at Drawing Hands?

Greg Thomas

Draw more hands. (The same applies to any other guidance on a thing you are looking to improve at). Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).  I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.

The No Meeting Meeting

Greg Thomas

The best meeting is the “No Meeting” Meeting, because the team realized they had it all figured out. The group culture proved that everyone had the right information they needed. The systems and practices are available to everyone and not hidden by faux walls. The team is empowered to not walk but run. The Best Meeting, is the “No Meeting” Meeting not because it doesn’t need to happen and saves an hour, but because it is happening every hour of every day. You just don’t see it, but it’s there and it’s working. Want more? Check out my book Code …

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4 weeks ago

Every Day, Something New

Greg Thomas

When you think you have it, 10 minutes later there is a post about something undoing what you have just spent the last few days trying to master. It can be demoralizing that the thing you figured out is now gone and replaced. But maybe everyone hasn’t seen it. Or maybe, based on their environment, they cannot even use it. Whatever the case, don’t downgrade your learning, the work you put in, the effort you went to get there – just because someone took what you learned and made it faster. “If it was that simple, everyone would be doing …

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1 month ago

The Inversion of your work

Greg Thomas

I watched Jim Lee do this incredible drawing on YouTube once of Magneto. It all started from his hand, where it’s white, nothing but a blank page, but every line and shadow emerges from that clean and white component as crisp as the page he started on. From there, everything inherits and extends from. It’s an inversion of work – nothing had to be done in that one spot, but around it, everything sprang from it to create an incredible masterpiece. No other comments, just beyond impressive. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as …

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Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).  I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.