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&...
I consider myself a "product person". Counseling, consulting, and other types of mercenary work are cool short-term, but I'm not going to fool myself. In the end, I want to build (organically) something persistent and lasting that will stand out in comparison with the competition and...
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...
Goals are not rocket science, right? Just make sure they are SMART [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria], confirm the specific objective value, and get yourself busy, striving to get there before the deadline is due, correct? In fact, many do just that. I find it an equivalent of...
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...
Flat organizational structure - who wouldn't like that. But what does it really mean? Well, probably many teams who work in parallel - as independently as possible. Like separate micro-enterprises with clear ownership and well-defined product to look for. But does such a model work at scale? How...
I was fiddling a lot with a concept of Chaos Engineering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_engineering] (CE) recently. I find it VERY useful when it comes to building the resilience of platforms. But what if we could extend its applicability to other parts of our business/company? This...
They manage! Of course, there are other people who manage as well, but I've picked these two groups for some other reason. They set up the strategies and tactics! Definitely, but there's something far more unique. They are the first ones to be kicked out (if...
Last Saturday, I attended the first on-site IT community event in ages. It was a conference with 200+ sessions (within two days), but as it was targeted primarily at graduating students and juniors, the organizers have combined it with the job fair. The attendance surpassed my most optimistic expectations -...
This anti-pattern is so popular that it's hard to find anyone who hasn't experienced it personally at least once: 1. First, a message comes (to the whole team/unit/org) with some good news: a major release announcement, project summary, a milestone achieved - name something...
When I write these words, the war in Ukraine still isn't over. And it's hard to tell how much of this tragedy is still ahead of the innocent Ukrainian nation. However, even the most dreadful events can have some positive side effects. The positive result may...
