Jul 17, 2018

Over my career I've seen many software projects fail spectacularly due to political infighting between team members.

Blame-shifting and improper application of scrum got people fired on this one!

I prefer a simple definition of politics: when people tell each other what they want to hear instead of the truth.

I'd like...

Jul 14, 2018

It’s bad enough when you’re working on a software project and you run into a problem.

But it’s even worse when you know that problem might block other people from getting work done!

It’s always blown my mind how some managers try to keep everyone working as if nothing’s wrong when this happens.

Software...

Jul 10, 2018

One of the most frustrating software projects I’ve been on involved webcam spying and finding the people who hired us rewrote our code!

A large company that bought out two young entrepreneurs hired me and other consultants to help them.

But the entrepreneurs didn’t really want help.

Soon it was apparent that they...

Jul 7, 2018

Over the years I've had to lead many software developers, and it's become much easier since letting go of being seen as "the expert". Even if I’m only leading a few people there’s always too much work and I have to choose really carefully what I do.

If you’ve watched any of my other videos you know I’m a big...