13 hours ago
I Don’t Know is the Best Answer
1 day ago
Your Best Team Culture
6 days ago
A Blistering Pace
7 days ago
Get Out of the Way
1 week ago
Flying Cars
1 week ago
What Most Architecture Designs Miss
1 week ago
Where are we?
2 weeks ago
Team Events
2 weeks ago
Getting the Work Done
2 weeks ago
Meeting Overload
13 hours ago
I’ve been running a number of interviews lately, and I’m amazed at how everyone has some type of answer to a question. And sadly, in most cases they are wrong; they are bad answers, and if I’m feeling curious that day, I might keep poking and prodding to see how much I can make your AI hallucinate during the interview. The best candidate I interviewed over the past week asked to use a pencil and paper to draw out the problem and answered a few questions with “I don’t know”. Everything else was solid; he didn’t know it all. No …
1 day ago
Your Best Team Culture
Greg Thomas
Your team culture doesn’t start and end with a presentation or workshop – it starts the next day. It grows and improves each and every other day from there – as long as you hold true to what you want to accomplish. As soon as you fall back on old habits and practices, the culture falls apart because “If they don’t have to do it, why should I?” Some teams grow an organic culture, and this works; most need a direction, a path, a discussion to move forward. Balance your discussions; weeks and weeks of discussion with no action is …
6 days ago
A Blistering Pace
Greg Thomas
That’s how fast it feels you need to go each and every day in order to rise above the fray. But the pace, the consistent pace, the work always being delivered – that’s what matters more. Getting there is good; getting there with value, with scenarios and work thought out – much better. Find your new race and set a better pace then you did before. 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.
Meeting Overload
Is the problem too many meetings or not enough time between meetings to do the work? It’s one or the other and until you ask the real question, you’ll never get to the right answer. 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.
3 weeks ago
Craftsmanship vs the Factory
Everyone wants craftsmanship for factory prices. But craftsmanship isn’t built in a factory, so the two are always on opposite sides of the coin. The factory delivers the volume the craftsman can’t, but will never evolve into the delivery of a craft. You can be the factory or the craftsman; both are solid, but you can’t be both. You can be a craftsman who delivers at factory scale with work similar to your craft, but never will be. Pick one, move forward, stop trying to be both. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as …
3 weeks ago
Stopping to Learn is the Worst Decision
The worst decision you make in the age of AI, is stopping to learn. And we’re going to need people to understand when the best option is to do 1, 2, or 3. The only people who will be able to answer that question are those who keep learning. 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.