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Be Scrappy, Not Crappy
It’s not so long ago that I learned the term “scrappy”. Someone was looking to build a “scrappy” team of software engineers to build the next big thing, and build it fast.
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Read Intentionally
How many words are you reading every day? As a software developer, I read a lot. And I’m pretty sure that I should read even more.
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Make it Easy
We like telling other people that we’re working hard. Hard work gains us respect. We just have to push through to get the results we want.
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Start Clean!
As software developers, we’re painfully aware of technical debt. Usually, we curse our predecessors for taking shortcuts, making wrong decisions, and for just not working professionally in general.
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My System for Organizing Work in a Distracted World
As knowledge workers, we software developers are very vulnerable to distractions. Have you counted the number of context switches you’ve had today?
Tom Hombergs