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:
read moreOne 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 …
read more[I'm already publishing a post that violates the 300-word limit. Eh, it was late and I was on a roll.]
For every decision I make, I spend 5x that time enabling people on my teams to make great decisions. Which in turn means I think a lot about how we …
read moreThis topic runs the risk of being trite. I get that. But it's important enough to me that I wanted to post something.
There are those who go through life without much care for those around them, some famously so as they rampage to the top of their respective spheres …
read moreNote: 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 …
read moreThis 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 …
read moreThe 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 …
read moreYou have to make decisions about how you spend your limited time on Earth. Many of us trade money for time, paying for others to handle tasks that we: