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Managing a Calendar for Success
This post is about managing a calendar with a busy life, shifting priorities, and distractions from our digital world.
Advice for anyone starting as a Junior Developer
This post focuses on what a junior developer should do when starting a job to ensure their success in a position. My sister is finishing a coding Bootcamp, and this is the advice I intend to pass on to her. The truth is, she doesn’t need most of it because she has professional experience before coming to coding. But this is advice I would give to anyone starting any position, at any level. The only difference is that you spend more time in the “getting up to speed” phase as a junior vs. more senior developer.
Finding Career Clarity
This post is several weeks overdue. Weeks ago, a friend of Lindsay and myself was generous enough to invite me to her podcast to talk about my experience changing careers. The whole being recorded thing was a new experience for me, and one I am curious about moving forward.
You Can Book Me
Over the past 3 months, I have realized everything that, 5 years ago, I would have said is “enough”. I moved into a dream home. My dream wife and I welcomed a baby into this world, and I reached a point of stability professionally. I have so much to be grateful for, yet like everyone, I find myself swept up in the day to day hustle. I lose the perspective that I now have things that I want most for my life (family, security, and meaningful work). Maintaining this anchor and appreciation is key to long term happiness, I think.
Building a Development First Culture
Too often, companies are reacting to problems instead of proactively preventing them.
The Inevitability of Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income is the simple idea that a government will provide a base income to its constituents. Like many, my immediate reaction to this idea was doubt mixed with resentment. As I dug deeper into the psychology behind the idea and the coming wave of automation it became clear to me that this is more of an inevitability than an idea.
Halfway Agile
When wielded correctly, agile processes are an incredibly effective tool to build an efficient organization.
Developer Waste
Process managers are obsessed with the idea of eliminating waste in a process. Whether it is material waste or wasted time, there are masters programs and PHDs focused strictly on solving these efficiency problems.