Roles in Software Development
corpminion This post is targeted to people not familiar with Software Development roles. Delivering software projects, particularly large and complex one’s have their own challenges and requires multiple teams and people…
February 2023
Large Multi-Day Meetings
I don’t like large meetings, particularly multiple day meetings. I prefer small group discussions that solve a specific problem– this could be brainstorming solutions, ideas, identifying problems, etc. While I…
Affinity to Ex-{employer}
I have seen many people use terms like ‘ex-Amazon’, ‘ex-Google’ in their LinkedIn title. I have also come across people who will say ‘When I was in company X, we…
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
This is a longer post than my usual one’s. I wrote this piece when I was accountable for SEO for one of the eCommerce retailers in the area. Most of…
Program Management – Paper Pusher or Force Multiplier?
My experience and observation on Program Management is from the Tech industry- however, I believe the same concepts apply in other industries as well, just that the subject matter expertise…
Youth Baseball – Making the most of it
My son plays youth baseball and I watch all his games and we always watch a few MLB games every season (Go Mariners!!). Many people have told me that Baseball…
Crypto Thesis
The hype and the crypto bull market of 2021 is in the rear view mirror. I have aped into many crypto hypes and lost some money. My experience with dabbling…
College App Decisioning
One of my kids is a senior in HS and is going through the college application and decision process. I wanted to provide a high level summary of the criteria…
Longer term thoughts on layoffs and mindset
Layoffs in Tech are grabbing headlines every week. While the ups and downs of an economic cycle is expected, we have not had the current magnitude of layoffs since the…
Career Advise Credibility
Who do people listen to for career advise? While experience plays a role and people tend to learn from mistakes, one of the trends I noticed is experienced people providing…