Hope
I was talking to some teammates about the ginkgo trees that are right outside the window of our offices. Not long after, one of guys I was talking to sent out an interesting link that discussed six...
View ArticleStack Ranking
I recently read a quick Forbes article about stack ranking, and it rang very true. I came from a company that did this very thing, and, wow, was it ever demotivating. I still remember my first 90-day...
View ArticleToo Much Style?
Why do we get so hung up on style? You see it everywhere. Sometimes, as with this Great Semicolon Debate, it shows up on a large scale. Other times, it’s just a minor matter. I sigh to myself when...
View ArticleMuch Ado About, Frankly, Nothing
Why are we, as software developers and technicians, blindly obsessed with tools? It can often reach the point of zealotry. This is even more shocking when I consider that a significant part of our jobs...
View ArticleNo Talk Thursday
While on a recent trip to visit family and friends, I had the opportunity to catch up with some former co-workers. In speaking with several of them, I realized how truly blessed I am and how truly...
View ArticleDevelop Like Harley
Harley Davidson recently completed a major manufacturing and process shift, known as Project Rushmore. A closing article, written by Jim Hoffman, in a recent copy of HOG magazine, reflects on this new...
View ArticleSimplify
It was like one of those moments you remember from bad 80’s television: Cue the cheesy music and add more synthesizer (and some cowbell too, please). It was a dawning moment of revelation—the first...
View Article5 Hiking Mistakes Every Developer Makes
When I have a free moment to myself, I love to get outdoors and go hiking. But with the unusually cold weather this winter, I found myself not wanting to venture outside, so I used the time to catch up...
View ArticleThe Golden Rule of Coding
I recently had the (mis)fortune of changing the battery on my motorcycle. Now, I’m not an SAE certified mechanic, but I am pretty handy with a wrench, and changing a battery is straightforward. Well,...
View ArticleWhy Are We Proud To Go Backward?
Ok, I’ll admit it: I’m a little bit older than middle age. When I was “formally” educated, we programmed on old green-screen terminal machines with big, blocky keyboards that required significant...
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