I’ve had variants of this conversation with engineers over the years, but this particular blog post was sparked by a conversation I had with a junior engineer in mid-2021.
I’ll start with what I said to them:
One of the things that isn’t often taught to new …
Recently, one of our CSMs (Customer Success Managers) at Appsembler was trying to figure out how to get their customer a network diagram that met their security team's needs. Engineering had a few existing diagrams, but they either revealed too much or had a different purpose, and CS didn't want …
In my chat with Alex this week, he mentioned a new approach he's taking with his blog:
I've found my sweet spot for getting my ideas out the door is about 100 words, just long enough to make a single focused point. Anything longer and it's a slippery slope of …
Note: If you're coming here from my Facebook post, hi and thanks—I appreciate you thinking about me. I wrote this long-overdue post for a number of reasons, but hopefully it will explain why I didn't like/comment as in the past, and why I won't be reciprocating. It's not …
This is a reflection just on the last two weeks of the year, not the year 2021. The year as a whole was, if you can believe it, worse that 2020. I'd rather move past the events of this year and into 2022, but as a firm believer in the …
The 5 months since my previous post have been quite a whirlwind. I had big plans to post, but a few things got in my way. Or, rather, I let a few things get in my way.
The return to school this fall was quite the adventure. All smooth, thankfully …