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Adding People To A Late Project Makes It Later
Hopefully, we have all come to the conclusion that adding people to a late project makes it later; however, I am surprised how many managers and developers still feel this is a good idea. One of my...
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Don’t Go For The Doughnut
Don’t get me wrong, getting a hi-five from your boss is a pretty cool feeling, and getting a gift card for Best Buy from your employer is pretty cool too; however, what I do find often are people that...
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What America’s Got Talent Can Teach You About Managing
This is a reader guest post by Jeremy Neuharth. Jeremy is a .NET software engineer with State Bank and Trust and enjoys learning and assisting teams in implementing release management and continuous...
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Why New Developers Should Consider Contracting
A lot of young and talented developers are continually looking for new projects and problems to solve and gain experience with; however, there are very few single environments that provide the ability...
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What Fraggle Rock Can Teach You About The Art Of Letting Go
Disclaimer – Before I really start brain dumping, let me be honest – this post might turn out to be hypocritical. It would be nice to think that with profound experience I am wiser and can understand...
View ArticleThe Wisdom Of Insecurity
In theory, with experience comes wisdom, but what are the results of that wisdom? Better technical decisions? Sure. Better communication skills? Why not. More confidence? Never. One of the greatest...
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Frustrated With Coworkers? The Clue You Don’t Want To Hear…
Being frustrated with your coworkers from time-to-time is not unique to any single occupation or person. Everyone has days where they want to severely hurt the person in the next cube. The question...
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Companies Aren’t Progressive (But People Are…)
Something was recently said to me that struck a small nerve: You know Max, one thing you don’t get is that you have worked for a ton of progressive and agile companies. There are tons of developers...
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If You Aren’t The Caretaker, Why Are You The Product Owner?
Agile and Scrum has done a horrible and irreversible injustice on software culture with it’s term – Product Owner. The definition of Product Owner straight from Mountain Goat: The Product Owner...
View ArticleMarketing Ideas To Help Sell Your Ideas (Sam’s Club Cup Pt. 2)
In my previous video – Features Do Not Exist (Only Benefits), I went on a bit of a ramble about how a cup got me all wound up. Well, the cup is back but this time with much better wording: When...
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