The Importance of Team Culture Alignment
Every team has a culture, whether you define it intentionally or let it form on its own. It can be magical when a team has aligned on culture from top to bottom. Understanding h...
So, You're a Manager Now
Transitioning from being an Individual Contributor (IC) to a Manager is one of the most difficult shifts any person may make in their career. This represents a recognition of gr...
Micromanagement and Trust
If you ask 100 employees if they like to be micromanaged 90 of them will say no, and the remaining 10 will walk away in disgust at you having the gall to ask the question. Micro...
Asking for Help Part 2 - Alerting
I realized in my first part of Asking for Help that I didn’t put a fine enough point on some of the points I should have made when asking for help.
High Water Mark
You have experienced what it feels like to be at your best. Those moments when you are focused and clear-headed. Maybe you were on a deadline, got into the flow of work, or trul...
Lazy Days in the Cloud
The cloud brings scalability, reliability and security features that allow companies of all sizes to run their online business efficiently. These powerful capabilities often bri...
Delegate Then Do
Being a manager is difficult. It’s sometimes difficult to know what tasks you should do yourself and what you should give to your team. I’ve adopted the Delegate then do methodo...
So you want to be a better programmer
I get asked sometimes how some people on my team can become a better programmer. I think it’s useful to think in terms of different evolutions of the programmer. In the beginnin...
Why You Should Have Trust Issues with Pokemon Go, and Every Other App on Your Phone
Viral Game Highlights Calls Attention to Timeless Security Debate I want to run into traffic, fall into a pond, catch Pokémon while my wife is in labor, and find ...
In Defense of Reverse Engineering and Responsible Disclosure
I was pretty disappointed after reading Mary Ann Davidson’s blog post discouraging customers from reverse engineering their software for any reason. As CSO of Oracle, one of the...