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Make a Final Push to Setup a Great New Year

We are nearing the end of another year.  Thus, it is an excellent time to look at how far you have come.  You may look back and see a lot of improvement over where you were last season.  On the other hand, you might find yourself in roughly the same situation.  Here at Develpreneur, we find that unacceptable.  Our goal is for everyone to live more and better each year.  The status quo is not good enough.  Let’s look at how to embrace these few weeks with a final push and set ourselves up for a great new year. A Final Push Can Be a Huge Launchpad When you look back at what has been dogging you for the year,... Read more

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Technical Improvement Through Baby Steps

Our focus on technology can make improvement appear to be impossible.  The industry is moving at an incredible pace so keeping up is hard enough.  Thus, getting head is too much to ask.  We have found that technical improvement while staying current is not impossible.  It just requires us to keep a steady pace of improvement. Technical Improvement Requires Steady Use The challenge in growing our skills is to stay current in our existing skills while still learning new things.  When we are intentional about our growth, these two factors can be addressed as one.  Although incremental steps are the focus of this episode we also will need to take a big picture view.  We will look at setting up annual... Read more

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Living Better – An Overview of the Life Hacking Series

Our efforts to become a better developer and entrepreneur are only valuable if they lead to living better.  Therefore, we cannot limit our discussions to just those two topics.  In this series, we will look at how to work better.  Also, we will explore how to accomplish that without sacrificing a fulfilling life. Living Better is Our Ultimate goal The worst thing I can imagine is if someone follows our blog and podcast, is successful, but has an empty life.  The goals of skills and success are pointless when our health and relationships are ignored.  Nevertheless, our time is limited so we will also look at ways to make the most of this valuable resource.  Our ultimate goal is to squeeze all we can... Read more

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An Introduction to the Business-Focused Episodes

Becoming a better developer requires us to understand the business side of our solutions.  Therefore, this series of topics is highly valuable.  They also help our goal of becoming a better entrepreneur.  This first episode provides an overview of what to expect from the business-focused category. Why Business-Focused? One of the big complaints about developers is a lack of building solutions for the “real world.”  Thus, we want to spend time looking at how to tie our latest technical advances back to well-grounded business needs.  In the long run, this will help us avoid building solutions in an ivory tower.  This approach also helps us build solutions that sell.  Therefore, adding to our bottom line rather than purely an academic exercise.... Read more