Dead Programmers Aren't Much Fun
Two years ago my step-dad died. He was fine up until close to the end, so the family came down and he took us on a tour of his things. There was a truck, a car, some tools, and things that had sentimental value. More so than a will, this was more a tour of his physical possessions; where they were and what to do with them. It got me to thinking. Today I'm doing something most of you older programm
What Level Programmer Are You?
Everybody's talking about how programming is the skill that we all are going to need. [Except those folks who might feel that most programming could be turned into wizard-like tools. Insert long discussion about Strong AI.] But what's a programmer? Is the guy who set up his own Apache Web Server a programmer? How about the guy who created a complex Excel spreadsheet? The guy who made his own RPG l
Life Fills Up
Every so often, the discussion in the startup community turns to ageism. Why is it that the startup community seems to be so in love with younger people and so critical of older people as startup founders? My standard reply is that it's all risk: if you're 20-ish, you can take on a lot more risk than if you are 40. Venture Capitalists can hire on a hundred startup founders for pennies, they work l
Management by Statistics
Almost as soon as you start aggregating numbers, you start making cognitive mistakes. For instance, look at these two scenarios. 1. Women are roughly 50% of the population, yet they are only 10% of your workforce. Is some sort of management intervention necessary? 2. Your manufacturing plant has a robotic process which has been stable and measured for many years. Last week it deviated outside the
Tyranny of the Tools
As an agile coach, it's been both a privilege and a pain to watch groups of extremely smart people blow themselves up. The sad thing is that you can explain how this is all going to happen, you can plead with them not to head down this path, yet they do it anyway. What could have been a kick-ass team instead becomes a boring slog down old project management road. And it all begins with automation.
How to Tweet
An online friend of mine, Ed, took up tweeting a while back. I followed him and he followed me. Last week, I saw a tweet from him: "Tweet about bathroom: Unfollow. Tweet about politics: Unfollow. Tweet too much: Unfollow. Don't tweet enough: Unfollow. Add value: Follow!" I couldn't help but laugh. Here's Ed, a bit of a fellow curmudgeon at times like myself, instructing the universe at large on ho
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