This is the city, St Louis. I work here. My name is Rob. I write code. I carry a badge.
Back at my second real IT job, we did not have what some would call today “true” agile practices. I say that because we did a great deal of up-front design work, requirements gathering, and signoffs. Those are all things that most “agile” shops I’ve worked with avoid like the plague. Somehow though, at that job, we seemed … Read more Want Amazing Products? Build an Amazing Culture
Are you letting life just happen to you? The other day, I found myself at work, and every few minutes I would check my email. No reason really which I could think of at the time. Do a little work. Check email. Do more work. Refresh email again. Not a fun day really. If you’re … Read more How to Stop Letting Life Just Happen to You
The Announcement In my last post, I mentioned it was near-time to announce a project on which I’m working. Time to drop the excuses, time to stop putting things off until they are ‘perfect’, time to stop being afraid that “someone on the internet won’t like your idea”. Well today is that day. I don’t … Read more Make Burgundy, Not Excuses
If you’re a developer reading this blog, you likely have an idea (or a dozen) for something you can create, using your skills, that could be an extra source of income for you. Maybe you even dream of replacing or exceeding your current income entirely. Now as soon as you read that, if you’re like I … Read more Make Anything, Except Excuses