Background: This is the first time I’ve ever really applied myself fully to hunting for a job. Looking back, I’d always done a mediocre effort at it while simultaneously working full time. Job hunting requires 20-30 hours/week of work…
Month: April 2011
CrockPot Agile: AdHoc to Agile in 10 Steps
Ok, so you’re working at a non-Agile shop, possibly even a shop with bad project management. How do you get them to being Agile if you’re not the CEO or VP of Engineering? By doing something I call: CrockPot Agile…
Why Agile Works: The Success Well
One of the useful concepts I learned in martial arts was the idea of a success well. Every person has a success well. If you try something and fail, your success well empties. If you try something and succeed, you…
Job Hunting is Like Dating
If I call the recruiter at the company too soon I’m desperate. If I wait too long, I’m not interested.