June 11, 2006
False Leaders
The tag line I’ve been throwing around recently is that “I help make the business case for doing the right…
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March 16, 2006
“If I’ve told you once…”
Has your manager ever explained her position with something like: "Well, we talked about that 6 weeks ago"? Do you…
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March 3, 2006
The Ultimate Technician
To be a successful tech lead, it stands to reason that you have to be a successful technician. When mentoring…
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January 26, 2006
Leading yourself out of a job
Daniel Gross just posted a brilliant opinion piece on slate.com where he predicts the ascension of Steve Jobs to the…
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January 24, 2006
Bad Bosses
ComputerWorld just posted an anecdotal article about "How to Survive a Bad Boss". While ComputerWorld like to focus on the…
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December 10, 2005
People are NOT inventory
Have you ever heard your PM refer to his staffing plan as an "inventory control sheet"? Sounds logical right? It's…
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December 1, 2005
Stubborn Tech Workers
I was recently the tech lead on a project using Microsoft tools where one developer produced some code that was…
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November 25, 2005
Iteration Forecasting
So I was handed the project plan and the edict "Make the date or die!" (ok, not quite, but something…
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