37 posts tagged with "time management"

Eventually you will die. So will everyone else. While we often pretend like we have forever to get things done, that isn't the case. We…

How much actual work do you get done in a given work day? Some of us don't think much about this. We clock in, work, then go home…

Many of us, if not most of us, have side projects from time to time. Whether we are doing development work after hours, running a side…

When Will and BJ started this show they had been friends for a long time. They'd seen each other through good and bad times. That's part of…

A few months after the beginning of a new year, many of you will find yourselves overloaded at work. If it doesn't happen then, there are…

Working on multiple projects can be very difficult. It's hard to switch between different goals and even different versions of the software…

Kaizen is the Japanese word for "continual improvement". Kaizen revolutionized industrial production, first in Japan, but later in America…

The dictionary definition of soft skills is "personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other…

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…

If you haven't done so yet go back and listen to the episode on SCRUM. In that episode the guys talked about the way SCRUM and Agile in…

Motivation is defined as "the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way" or "the general desire or willingness of…

Continuing the New Year theme the guys review their resolutions from last year and discuss how they accomplished or missed them. Then they…

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…

This week the guys are joined by Cody Rockwood a lead front-end developer/designer with the State of Tennessee. Cody has a little over eight…

Frustration is an emotional reaction resulting from being blocked from reaching a desired outcome. It shows itself as irritability…

Typically, when someone uses the term efficiency, they are describing how much effort is required to achieve a result. The term is…

This episode is a culmination of several previous episodes and ones yet to be recorded. It puts the pieces together in a way to help you…

SCRUM is a framework for implementing project management in Agile Software Development. The majority of the outline for this episode comes…

​Time is the resource we are least able to get more of. It's a far more complicated topic than most examinations of it will lead you to…

"Time is something that we all feel slipping through our fingers at one point or another in life." The guys start off talking about why you…

This episode is mainly geared towards helping developers decide when it is a good idea to automate a process and how to best convince their…

Soulbound by Bethany Adams available on Amazon "You want to set realistic expectations for your future work." The second half of starting a…

Soulbound by Bethany Adams available on Amazon "Good first impressions are a lot less work than overcoming bad first impressions." Going in…

You wake up at 5:30 in the morning. Get showered, brush teeth and hair, dress, walk the dogs, get the kids ready and fed breakfast and out…

Many programmers complain about speed when coding. For some it is a matter of typing speed for others it can be hardware or software issue…

Many programmers complain about speed when coding. For some it is a matter of typing speed for others it can be hardware or software issue…

The question was asked on Quora: What are the five essential skills every web developer should have? There were 91 different answers to this…

"I want to reconfigure my code to best survive the environment it lives in, it's an evolutionary process." ~ Will Refactoring is the process…

This episode is highly influenced by Paul Graham's essay on maker's vs manager's schedules. He points out they are inherently conflicting in…

Using A Time Tracke Do you find that you ask this whenever you plan on working on a project or personal development? Do you have a realistic…

Using A Time Tracke Do you find that you ask this whenever you plan on working on a project or personal development? Do you have a realistic…

Whether a single coder like BJ or one with a spouse and a child like Will this week's discussion focuses on the myth of the work-life…

Faster coding does not equate to better coding. This week Will and BJ put together five tips for faster and better coding to improve…

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

As we approach the end of the year BJ and Will discuss strategies for setting goals to take back control of your life. Actively setting and…

This week starts a new series titled Developer Power Techniques. The series will not be in back to back fashion as the Health Series though…

In this the tenth episode Will and BJ discuss ten reasons a programmer or hobbyist might not want to go into full time development. It is…