The last couple of years, I’ve posted yearly “retrospectives” about this blog. Last year, I actually mentioned that I’d started doing this because it seemed like something other bloggers did and then I kept doing it because I like continuity. This year, I’d like to take the opportunity to stop. I suppose some reading might…
I lied… kinda. A couple of weeks ago, I talked about job titles and said that I’d probably conclude the post the following week. But then I got sidetracked by shiny new topics and failed in that quest. Then there were the holidays and all that, so things got complicated. It’s time now to get…
There’s a moment at a job that you’ve probably never thought about specifically, but it’s a knee point of sorts. Think of arriving at a new gig that you take somewhere, fresh out of the interview process, pumped about the new opportunity and the 10% pay bump you’ve negotiated for yourself, and generally rarin’ to…
I’m writing out this paragraph describing what I’m planning to do before recording myself doing anything. This post has been a while in coming because I’ve waffled between whether I should just hand write acceptance/end-to-end tests (what I generally do) or whether I should force you to watch me fumble with a new tool. I’ve…
The idea of getting certified in “Scrum” or “Agile” is philosophically unsettling to me. It’s not so much that I think learning how experienced people execute these processes is a bad thing (I’ve even signed off on such a course for an employee’s career development aspirations), but rather the overtones of such a certification. Certifications…
