I had a reader question come in that was a bit sensitive and specific, so I won’t post it here. It pertained to receiving a job offer that had some peculiarities around the “paid time off” (PTO) situation. Given the time-sensitive nature of such a thing, rather than add it to my Trello backlog of…
In this post, I address the notion that managers should encourage “creative conflict” on teams. I disagree.
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SmartBear blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. They have a number of authors over there that are writing good posts. Asking someone to look over your work is a pretty common practice in any discipline. We’ve been conditioned with the idea…
A lot was made of my recent and popular post, The Beggar CEO and Sucker Culture. Given the traffic that it generated, discussions took place ranging from the merits of developers unionizing to startup versus established corporate cultures. Perhaps the most common theme, however, was what my call to action was and the actual mechanics…
Editorial Note: this post was originally written for the SmartBear blog. You can read the original here, at their site. Check out the rest of the content while you’re there. Let me tell you a tale, and stop me if it sounds familiar. Well, I suppose the medium of blogging will prevent you from actually…
