18 Mar 2019 | Leadership
There is a tendency in me to look at things as right or wrong, black-and-white, or on-or-off. I know better than to think this way, but I find myself falling into this way of thinking with enough regularity that I thought I’d write about it.
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15 Mar 2019 | Leadership
A new developer shows up to a team. They are eager to contribute and start writing code but have a lot of questions. Where is the source code? How do I set up my environment? How do I build the software? What is the development process here? Where do I look in the code to get an idea of where to start?
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08 Mar 2019 | Archives
Within the first 8 months of starting my job, I saw two confirmed cases of sexual harassment and watched colleagues quit at a rate at one person a month. This is the beginning of what I now regard as the worst job in my career.
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08 Mar 2019 | Archives
I was told every week that I had no value. I was told I was a liar and a fraud. My colleagues were depressed. I was yelled at.
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08 Mar 2019 | Archives
Back for more? Welcome to the second article in a series about the worst job I’ve had in my career. The series was kicked off back in a previous article.
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27 Feb 2019 | Archives
One year ago I attended my first conference as a speaker. That conference was LeanAgileUS 2018. The organizers invited me to return to speak once again. This is a story of my experience at a conference that holds a special place in my heart.
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