Stay Healthy Or Pay The Price
We provide many ways to become a better developer. One of the best ways to do hits over the long run is to stay healthy. Big things like cancer and chronic disease can disrupt…
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Take The High Road – Avoid Shady Partners
In this episode, we share a story that shows us to take the high road. It is a road less traveled but one worth the effort. While shortcuts and quick fixes are often mistakes,…
Project Completion – Cross The Finish Line
Project completion is the focus of this episode. We discuss how to start and implement a solution but ignore finishing. That changes in this story. We look at how “moving the goal line” can…
Timely Billing – Avoid Headaches and Loss
We dive into the exciting world of accounting in this episode. Timely billing is the focus, and a worst-case scenario teaches the lesson. While the mistake is not directly mine in this story, I…
Status Reporting – The Simple Solution For Avoiding Big Problems
Few things cause excitement like the phrase, “status reporting.” Yes, I know you are already quivering from anticipation, but that is our topic. This episode looks at how much confusion could have been avoided…
Smart Scheduling – Including Buffer So It Can Flex
Our approach to becoming a better developer requires planning. Likewise, we need smart scheduling to hit our targets. That is the focus of this episode. I look back at a time when I overloaded…
Making Good The Enemy of Better
There are many mistakes we make related to pushing too far or not pushing enough. The latter is where we make good the enemy of better. More precisely, good enough becomes our goal instead…
Proving Your Worth – Understand Expectations
It is not at all uncommon to focus on proving your worth when you start a new job or enter a new environment. However, we expect more than others. We often make the mistake…
Differences In Perception – A Stupid Bet
There are many fights and arguments that start from differences in perception. Whether it is the line-of-sight, angle, or bias, we have differing views. These can cause reasonable people to take starkly different positions…
Mistakes In The Cloud – Know Where Things Live
Modern technology is the focus of this episode as we look at mistakes in the cloud. You can impact a lot of people with a simple error. That is why you need to be…