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One Small Step for Devs; One Giant Leap for Your Code Created on 2024-02-02 17:33 Published on 2024-02-02 17:56 “Go big or go home!” It’s a battle cry echoing through boardrooms, whispered in hushed tones around water coolers, and emblazoned across startup websites. But for developers navigating the turbulent waters of software development, this mantra…
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Leadership Bytes for Coders Goodbye bug squashing, hello people problems! Your guide to navigating the tech-to-leadership transition. OOP is Dead. Long Live OOP Created on 2024-03-27 18:05 Published on 2024-03-27 18:11 Let me start this whole thing off with a confession: I secretly love the “OOP is Dead!” debates that keeps flaring up online like…
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Leadership Bytes for Coders Goodbye bug squashing, hello people problems! Your guide to navigating the tech-to-leadership transition. Outsmart the Bots: Essential Skills for Code Monkeys Created on 2024-04-17 16:19 Published on 2024-04-17 16:36 Despite what those “get a developer job in 12 weeks!” ads claim, landing a gig in this industry can be tough. Plus,…
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Leadership Bytes for Coders Goodbye bug squashing, hello people problems! Your guide to navigating the tech-to-leadership transition. The Parable of the Orator and the Reader: How AI is Shifting Knowledge and Wisdom Created on 2025-01-10 15:09 Published on 2025-01-10 15:58 For the better part of 300,000 years, humans did something remarkable: we learned, retained, and…
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Positioning Yourself as a Master of All Things. Created on 2024-02-08 22:39 Published on 2024-02-08 22:44 With the recent announcement of corporate re-sizing going on, I feel the pain that many of you are going through – being back on the job market after spending 15 years of your blood, sweat, and tears making whatever…
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The Power of Pareto: Fostering Sustainable High Performance in the Workplace Created on 2024-02-09 15:29 Published on 2024-02-09 15:33 Getting to 80% With the Super Bowl buzz in the air, the emphasis on star performers and winning at all costs often seeps into our work culture. It creates an unrealistic expectation that teams should be…
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Leadership Bytes for Coders Goodbye bug squashing, hello people problems! Your guide to navigating the tech-to-leadership transition. The Power of Positivity in Software Development Leadership Created on 2024-08-05 16:33 Published on 2024-08-05 16:39 A few weeks ago, I shared with my team the transformational power of injecting gratitude into our weekly one-on-one meetings. The idea…
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Leadership Bytes for Coders Goodbye bug squashing, hello people problems! Your guide to navigating the tech-to-leadership transition. Rapturing the Fiddly Bits: Surviving Software Development Leadership in the Face of the Eclipse Created on 2024-04-08 16:43 Published on 2024-04-08 16:53 The day of reckoning is upon us! Well, the solar eclipse, at least. Some folks call…
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Stop Saying Yes: The Power of “No” in Software Development Created on 2024-02-06 19:07 Published on 2024-02-06 19:10 Are you a software developer who works for NIKE? Then stop “Just doing it.” In the fast-paced world of software development, saying “yes” can feel like the default response. End users request features, stakeholders demand updates, and…
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Resourcing in a Vacuum: A Software Development Leader’s Guide to Sustainable Team Building Created on 2024-03-13 15:03 Published on 2024-03-13 15:09 As a software development leader, the responsibility of managing resources is a constant balancing act. On one hand, you understand the vital link between having a strong, skilled team and achieving your project goals.…