I recently sat through a few meetings where we described doing the same thing many times and in the same way. I was seeing a pattern that could be automated. Since seeing a pattern, I began to think about tools…
Category: Listening
Do You Hear What I Hear
Do you hear what I hear? Probably not! During meetings and conversations people are saying a lot and often times we are itching to talk. Many of us over speak the other person. I had a boss a few years…
Development Team Relationships
This week I pushed out some old blogs outlining the relationships between senior and more junior developers. I did this because I thought it was very important to listen to each other. We can all learn from old and new…
Senior should be a Junior for a Day
There are times where a Senior Developer should take a step back and become a Junior Developer. There are times when a Junior Developer can teach a Senior Developer new skill, thoughts and patterns. Granted there are a fair number…
What I Have Learned
I graduated college in 1996. This was a great year for me. I moved home where I was fed and loved by my family. I worked for a small software company doing Visual Cobol who went bust. I was…
IT Professional and Communication Skills
It is a well-known fact that Information Technology professionals are often lacking skills in the communication department. Almost every job posting lately had stated you must have good Oral and Written communication skills. This was not me; at least until…
Be Kind to Those You Meet
You never know when you meet someone what they will be to you in your life. You may meet them in a service club, be a customer of yours, be a friend or an in-law. You just never know when…
My Cover Letter
Dear Business Owners, Team Leaders and Information Officers; I am not just a developer. I am a developer who can blend in with a team, lead a team and be part of a team.
Failure
Failure is an opportunity to find an alternate way of finding success. Dig deep, learn from the events and change. Through change, you can overcome failure. Change brings failure or success; it is a 50% wager. Evolve, learn and morph…
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Sunni Brown – Doodlers – unite
Sunni Brown speaks of the importance of Doodling. She shares with the audience the misconceptions of doodling and why we may fear doodling in public.
