4 hours ago
Want to get better at Drawing Hands?
2 weeks ago
Build and Wait
2 weeks ago
Finding Opportunities
2 weeks ago
Where does the time go?
3 weeks ago
I’m Just Getting Started
4 weeks ago
Tracking It
4 weeks ago
Gearing up for Winter
4 weeks ago
The No Meeting Meeting
4 weeks ago
Every Day, Something New
1 month ago
The Inversion of your work
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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.
2 weeks ago
Build and Wait
Greg Thomas
When shrink-wrapped software was the game, you built it, you put it on a CD, you let your sales and marketing teams took over. And you waited. And if the sales weren’t coming in, you made the call to make the next version, put it out the door, do more sales and marketing. And wait again. The first version never sells well, there is more waiting then anyone wants to admit, but eventually programs, funnels, plans, actions, blogs and patience and luck come together. But don’t fool yourself if someone tells you otherwise; there is always a wait in anything …
2 weeks ago
Finding Opportunities
Greg Thomas
When things are going well – you don’t need to search for opportunities; they are all there all the time, all coming your way. In addition to them all coming your way, you might find that people aren’t as picky as they otherwise might be. But when things aren’t going well, opportunities are scant, they are hard to find, and those that exist are absurdly finicky about everything and anything. The goal then becomes to set yourself up for finding opportunities when times are tough, when things are actually going well – what experience do I need, what value do …
1 month ago
The Inversion of your work
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 …
1 month ago
It Doesn’t Work the Way I Thought
Great, figure out another way to make it work. This has been the problem that programmers and developers have been faced with for years and years on end. API is more limited than they thought. Overuse and you get throttled. Data is hoarded instead of shared. Capabilities are limited without lots of workarounds. Great, it doesn’t work the way you thought; the absolutely amazing part of your journey starts to happen. Go make it work the way you thought. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and …
Forcing the Seat at the Table
You’re at the right spot, but maybe you’re not at the table yet. You’re doing all the right things to earn a spot, but for some reason have not been formally invited. You’re probably contributing more than the people who are there and generating more value than anyone wants to realize. But still no seat at the table. At this point, you have two options; Forcing your seat is easy: I have this role, I should be there, give me a seat. Setting your own table is harder; you have to create the table, you have to sit at it, …