We tend to consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm, Franklin Roosevelt once said. I’ve never been the kind of guy that plays in the lottery. The overwhelming odds of losing are staggering; it’s actually more likely…

Toxic Programming Tips You Should Ignore — No developer wants to be called mediocre. Everyone likes to be called an expert. But in programming, there are some popular lies that often promote mediocrity. Here are four popular lies developers fall for that destroy their careers. If you believe any of the following lies. It’s time to stop…

Because they do exist. — Before I start sharing about how to become a 10x engineering manager, let me explain who the 10x engineering managers are. 10x engineering manager are those kind of rare breed that make 10 times more impact than an average engineering manager. They produce 10x outcomes and yet they are not…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Looking past Velocity — If you have worked in an Agile software development environment, you are probably familiar with the idea of measuring a team’s Velocity. Velocity is a metric that can be measured in story points or hours, and it can help answer if the team is working at a steady rate, as…

Roles, responsibilities, and words of advice — I’ve been a tech lead for several years at a few different companies. Each role has been somewhat unique, and yet there have been commonalities between each experience. In this article, I’d like to share with you what a tech lead is, what they do, and some lessons that I’ve…

Podcasts are good for learning with the bests around the world — A podcast is a great way to learn something new on a subject. Software developers really should listen to podcasts. Sometimes they can listen to podcasts instead of listening to songs. Podcasts are really useful to know what is happening around the development world. You can learn about new technologies…

The bugs are 99% in the code you just wrote. — Every programmer would agree that you’ll learn one or two things in programming every step of the way—something that you’ll never learn in school but through first-hand experience. Therefore, I decided to share what I learned over time as a programmer. …