A few weeks ago, we (myself & my two friends - Tomek & Wojtek, as a part of a community called CTO Morning Coffee) hosted an online X Spaces session on Domain-Driven Design (DDD). To be clear, this wasn't supposed to be an intro session; quite the contrary....
Many people who've never seen high-performing teams in action (I mean genuinely high-performing, not just the ones who self-claim they are ...), assume that all that you need to form such a team is: * assign them a mission (they could identify with) * grant them a sufficient level of autonomy...
I've used many personality assessment methods & tools in the past. Gallup SF, Transactional Analysis, OCEAN - that sort of stuff (& more). I'm not a professional behavioral psychologist (of course), but I thought nothing would surprise me regarding the qualification of personality types. Yet, I&...
It's one of the lessons I've learned the hard way: there's no other resource valuable more than your own time. Why so? * it's hard-capped * it's not transferable (my time isn't directly exchangeable with your time, at least in...
I bet that nearly everyone in the software-crafting industry has heard about YAGNI [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it] ("You Ain't Gonna Need It") principle. But what about TAGRI? TAGRI (which is nearly as old as YAGNI) stands for "They...
The waiting is over. Army is assembled and in the field already. Facing enemies that are stronger then ever, already entrenched & most likely packed with surprises. The forthcoming battle may answer a very important question - is there still a place for Microsoft in post-PC era? A significant one?...
Part I can be found here [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-it-consulting-as-we-knew-it-is-gone-part-i/]. Part II can be found here [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-it-consulting-as-we-knew-it-is-gone-part-ii/]. Part III can be found here [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-it-consulting-as-we-knew-it-is-gone-part-iii/]. Welcome to part IV. Le Grande Finale. The long-awaited Omega. Conclusion of Delusion. Etc. The one &...
Part I can be found here [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-it-consulting-as-we-knew-it-is-gone-part-i/]. Part II can be found here [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-it-consulting-as-we-knew-it-is-gone-part-ii/]. So it's part III and you're still with me, awesome :) Let's assume you agree with my reasoning why IT Consulting in it&...
Part I can be found here [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-it-consulting-as-we-knew-it-is-gone-part-i/] Before I make a deep dive into what are (IMHO) the most promising areas to contribute for modern IT Consulting, let me finish my list of key differences between the way consultants used to work few years ago &...
I've started working in IT consultancy in 2003 & I had very little idea about what I had just stepped in ;P I already had some professional experience as a programmer, designer & even a team lead of a small squad, but I had yet to learn a...
Being an Internet old-timer has some cons. I miss ol' good times when the word netiquette [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_in_technology] had some significance. Times have changed and [ ... long, sour rant here ;) ... ]. Nowadays people tend to use some Internet tools mindlessly, without caring how it affects...
