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On Becoming a Senior Technical Individual Contributor
I’ve done quite a bit of mentoring. I enjoy it because actually “saying it” forces you to transform your vague ideas into crisp ones. One of the most frequent issues people want to work through is...
View ArticleChanging Datacenters, Changing IT
I just finished giving a keynote talk at the Windows Connection conference here in Las Vegas (I’m writing this while waiting to board my plane back home). My topic is one that I’ve been doing a lot of...
View ArticleFocus on Reality
Years ago I enjoyed reading the book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. I got a lot of out of it but it had a small signal-to-noise ratio. I’ll save you a few bucks and a lot of time...
View ArticleOn Heroes
Technology heroes are always difficult subject. As an engineering manager, I remember the first time I participated in a “life boat” drill where you have to produce a stack rank of your engineers....
View ArticleIdentifying Problems
Problems, like the poor, are with us always. The trick is what to do about them. I recently told my boss about a previous job where someone had resigned and during the exit interview, they cited a...
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