I’ve talked a lot about how not to position yourself lately. Last week, I suggested you not do it by tech stack of framework or whatever. And before that, I suggested you not do it by being a laborer. In general, I’ve talked a lot about positioning lately. But all of the talk has been…
Today, I’m going to keep plugging away with another mid-week post in the developer to consultant series. To recap, I’ve talked recently about how you need to start by figuring out your positioning and then about how that positioning should orient around problem solving instead of laboring. Today, I’m going to build on that momentum. I’m…
Alright, first things first. I’m going to do a bit of housekeeping. My apologies for the sluggish performance of the site lately, and the occasional 500 errors you may have noticed. My hosting company’s physical machine has been having some issues and they’re trying to figure out whether they can fix it in-situ or whether…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post in which I announced a new flavor of posts for DaedTech. I was going to do this as a book or video product, but I tired of analysis paralysis. So I’ve decided to just start teaching anyone reading the tricks to becoming a consultant. (Follow along…
Is software development a craft? I think this might be a decently long post, so let’s come back to that, to journeyman idealists, and to some of the finer points of what counts as “software craftsmanship” a little later. Before that, please indulge me in story time. Or, backstory time, as it were. About 7…
