You may have noticed, I basically live my work life from quotes. Memes, too, but that’s another story. Anyways, I thought for today’s blog post I would share with you some of my favorite quotes, why I think they are insightful, and how I apply them. Speed of iteration beats quality of iteration. – John […]
I am occasionally asked for career advice by people wanting to get into the industry, for example, high-schoolers deciding on career choices. One situation that frequently comes up in this situation is people who love programming and want to get a job being a programmer. They ask, “How can I get a job as a […]
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Have you ever had someone tell you that? Or some variation thereof? Frequently, as technology leaders, we are driving innovation at organizations, and with innovation comes change. For a person who knows their job really well, knows all their tasks, and exactly how to do them (even if […]
As I’ve talked about before (and everyone already kind of knows), good requirements are a key driver to success. To put it simply, you need to know what problem you are trying to solve for your customer, what your end user really wants, and what they are expecting you to build. It’s all about Expectation […]
One enormous shift occurring across the industry right now, across all industries in fact, is the migration to the Cloud. I bet if you do some web searches right now you will find a myriad, nay a plethora, of articles talking about why you should migrate to the Cloud (and why their consulting firm is […]
What is an Enterprise Architect, or a Cloud Architect, or a Software Architect? Many people think it’s just a fancy title, something to show that someone is more senior than a senior developer or a principal developer, but not necessarily a manager. A great example is Bill Gates; when he retired from Microsoft his title […]
New technologies come and go all the time, and new fads come and go all the time. But some of them, when they are true game changers, do stick. Take virtualization, for example. Boy has it stuck! One hotly-debated trend right now is, of course, the Cloud. What is the Cloud, really? Many people like […]
I offended someone one time by referring to systems administrator as plumbers. I certainly meant no offense…after all, can you imagine life without plumbers? Furthermore I was considering myself in that category, as after all I am a systems administrator as well. Anyways, even though it was a couple of years ago, sorry. I still […]
One of the biggest buzzwords in industry right now is, of course, “The Cloud”. But for all the positive marketing hype, I see just as much negative pushback, especially from the older IT crowd. For example, I see this meme (or some variation thereof) a lot: There’s no cloud, it’s just someone else’s datacenter. My […]
All last week I was out of the office on a business trip. Now usually when I travel like this, I basically write off the week as not really getting anything done. Instead I focus on what I’m traveling for, then just plan on catching up when I return to my desk. But this week […]
