15 posts tagged with "planning"

We've all had the experience of sitting through a long meeting (or MANY long meetings) and retaining absolutely nothing from the meeting…

One of the biggest challenges you'll face in a long term technical career is the constant change that occurs. While we often joke about the…

If you aren't broke and are reasonably comfortable (which is certainly possible with a software development job) then it's easy to stop…

If you are working at all, it's almost certainly worthwhile to be thinking about your finances. Not only do your finances determine when you…

While technical skills are always useful, even the most talented developer will fail to be noticed (and appropriately compensated) by…

Failure happens to us all at one time or another. The goal of many patterns and project management strategies is to reduce the size of the…

Attending conferences can be expensive, especially if you are paying out of pocket. They can range from a few hundred to a few thousand…

A job loss is a painful experience, especially if it is unexpected. While there isn't a lot you can do to completely avoid losing your job…

Also known as Parkinson's Law of Triviality, bike shedding is the tendency to focus efforts and time on unimportant details or tasks while…

"People ask us how we are able to do so much and it is because we set goals for ourselves then work to accomplish them." Due to some recent…

Will is a morning person and enjoys getting up early and getting going whereas BJ is not and drags out of bed in the mornings but gets going…

You need to keep learning to continue to grow. Old technologies, frameworks, and languages will change and grow to meet new needs and add…

Will and BJ have gone from occasional attendance to planning and then organizing in their local community. Throughout this episode the guys…

Most of the literature about habit formation state it takes 3-4 weeks to form a new habit. A lot of times you have habits that don't serve…

The episode begins with BJ detailing his recent experience writing his first technical spec for a client and what he learned from that along…