One thing I am passionate about is improving my productivity and making the most of my time.  Therefore I am always looking for articles, tips and ideas on how to be more efficient.  I was recently chatting with some other engineering leaders and was telling them some of the things I do to get more [...]

Once upon a time (and isn’t that how all good stories start)…. I was managing a software team and we were working several initiatives.  The way projects were assigned was based on who was available, their skillset, and their developmental goals.  This ended up resulting on two developers, let’s call them Mary and Melissa, being [...]

This post is part of a series on Being Awesome at your job.  The first post was on how to manage your career, the second on being a great person to have on a team, the third on improving your communication skills (including listening and sharing information verbally and in writing), and this final part on the [...]

This post is part of a series on Being Awesome at your job.  The first post was on how to manage your career, the second on being a great person to have on a team, and this third part is all about communication.  Since it was soooooo long, I divided it in two parts one on listening [...]

This post is part of a series on Being Awesome at your job.  The first post was on how to manage your career, the second on being a great person to have on a team, and this third part is all about communication.  Since it was soooooo long, I divided it in two parts one [...]

This part 2 in my being awesome series (in preparation for my talk on the same topic).  Part 1 is all about managing your career, and this second portion is all about being a good team member that people will want to work alongside. Being a great teammate As technical people it is so easy [...]

In a few weeks I am giving a talk on “Being Awesome in Your Job” and this is the first part of a series I am writing to help me prepare [FYI: For those who don't know me, I think out loud - in fact, to me thoughts aren't real until I verbalize them.  Therefore in [...]