The lifeboat drill
What’s the lifeboat drill? If you’ve seen the movie Titanic then you will know the situation, too many people and not enough seats in the lifeboats. How do you decide who gets a seat and who doesn’t. Life can be like this too.
Breaking down the barrier between engineering disciplines
Agile SDLC is in the mainstream and proven to work; technology leadership is looking for additional ways to increase the competitive advantage of engineering teams. The days of everyone being a technology specialist are coming to a close for many software engineers. Software
The puzzle approach – delivering complex software solutions
Like many engineers I like puzzles, for me it’s about using my senses to understand the problem I’m trying to solve, then applying my skills/knowledge to complete the challenge. Over the recent Christmas holiday a friend was given a gift in the form of
Working at Starbucks
Today was a great day for me. I had the opportunity to do an in-store immersion working at my neighborhood Starbucks store. I’ve been in this store many times over the last 15 years and today I saw it through a completely different lens. My normal
Engineering Up skilling
Right now, it’s tough out there if you work in Tech. Don’t give up. It’s a cyclic business – I know that doesn’t help right now if you’ve been affected but just know that even though the reasons are different this time –
Software Estimating
Estimates are necessary for a business to function – how many engineers to hire/staff, how long those resources will be unavailable and dedicated to this work, how much money to set aside to pay this group. Should the business move forward with this