hard first, easy later

Software Engineering "Best Practices"

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 08:00:15 +0000

Who should decide what tools & patterns we should be using?

Dopamine

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Thu, 14 May 2020 08:00:09 +0000

Replace endorphin mentions with serotonin, lol.

Coding interviews are broken, the myth.

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:04:36 +0000

Let's examine the myth around coding interviews evaluating algorithms vs day-to-day language/stack specific patterns.

Challenge Execution Patterns

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Wed, 4 Mar 2020 06:49:46 +0000

Peers & Stakeholders deserve to be challenged and offered an alternative solution.

Identity

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:42:12 +0000

Actions inline with our Identity.

Continuity

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:52:27 +0000

Do you really want to be average?

The toxic co-worker!

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:34:42 +0000

Can taking the hard road & building up your team members instead of jumping ship result in better overall team performance & synergistic harmonistic winningisticness?!

Performance Reviews

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 07:00:23 +0000

A concise talk on preparing for performance reviews & how it affects the career path.

Horrible Bosses

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Sun, 9 Feb 2020 09:25:18 +0000

How to deal with a micromanager / low performing leader.

Recognition Patterns for Teams

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Wed, 5 Feb 2020 07:00:16 +0000

Some insights based on studies from Carol Dweck(Stanford) & Dr. Jooa Julia Lee(Harvard) among other unnamed studies into recognition & praise affect on the mindset of children to adult.

Team Leadership

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Tue, 4 Feb 2020 06:53:59 +0000

Talent development in teams can be accelerated using a bottom-up leadership approach, giving even partial decision making of specific verticals to team members.

Stakeholder Intent

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Sat, 1 Feb 2020 08:58:34 +0000

Communicate with Stakeholder(s) to better define a project's intent / outcome, which in turn will result in a better user experience.

The Tinker Challenge

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:32:17 +0000

Spend 5-10 non-standard work hours towards tinkering with new technologies/patterns that potentially can benefit your org.

Greenfield Development

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:06:02 +0000

Development process & overall team dynamics for increased team effective velocity.

Objectives and key results (OKR)

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:00:02 +0000

A pattern for living a purpose-driven life full of quantifiable micro & macro wins.

One secret to becoming a high performer!

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:00:11 +0000

A concise touch on the building block attribute that can lead to building a high-performance state of mind.

Happiness in the Workplace

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 07:00:05 +0000

How feeling happy at work in short bursts, impacts our collaboration & productivity.

Entitlement

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 15:32:36 +0000

A brief touch on thoughts for rewards/appreciation/entitlements in the workplace & how it relates on a personal level.

Teamwork makes the dream work!

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Sam) — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:18:55 +0000

High-performance team experiences & how to effectively operate inside a highly performant team.

Obsession

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:59:06 +0000

Ownership

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:18:24 +0000

Thoughts on Ownership in personal & work life. This episode sites a recent study "The effect of admitting fault versus shifting blame on expectations for others to do the same".

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:03:33 +0000

User Experience Assessment (UXA)

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:53:17 +0000

UXA / UXE initial thoughts for software development teams in 2020.

Productivity (pt. 2)

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:14:02 +0000

Productivity

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 03:43:52 +0000

Milestones

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:00:24 +0000

Milestone planning & execution shallow dive.

Mentality

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Thu, 9 Jan 2020 08:12:45 +0000

Working deep for long hours will give you more than short bursts with the aid of parental controlled computer screens, in my opinion.

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Tue, 7 Jan 2020 18:05:21 +0000

Sometimes an open mind can lead to interesting & innovative solutions.

Test Driven Development (TDD)

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Sun, 5 Jan 2020 20:02:55 +0000

Proactive

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:09:54 +0000

Technical Leadership

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:13:44 +0000

Performance

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 20:33:17 +0000

Abstractions

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 14:09:18 +0000

Fighting Average

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:16:28 +0000

The Last Minute Deadline!

samuel.barney@icloud.com (Samuel Barney) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:27:52 +0000