New Year is a time to reflect on the passing year. If you are like me; you will have experienced many changes and challenges throughout 2019. I like to take time every January to reflect on the passing year and make goals and challenges for myself. One way to reflect is by using the retrospective idea used in agile software development processes. Continue reading New Year is a Time to Have a Retrospective
Tag: Professional Development
Clean Your Desk and Your Office To Stay Focused
A Clean Desk Is a Clear Mind. How can you be productive with a messy desk? Than answer is you cannot! A messy desk is a major distraction to you. A messy room is even more of a distraction. It inhibits your focus that you are trying to apply to your work. Continue reading Clean Your Desk and Your Office To Stay Focused
Eleven Items That Makes a Developer Great
Here are a few items that makes a software / web developer great:
Updated to twelve items thanks to some input.
- Knowing they are not perfect
- Listens to business needs
- Always evolving by striving to do better
- Never hides a mistake, but acknowledges and learns from it
- Does not blame the user for the error
- Always tries to learn something new
- Makes notes
- Listens to teammates
- Does not blame the previous developer
- Willing to dive in and do the work no matter what
- Ask questions when they do not know [ Shawn Adamsson rTraction @late2game ]
- Thinks and plans before coding. Know where you’re expected to go and plan the path to get there carefully [ Shawn Adamsson rTraction @late2game ]