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I’ll say it. A Software Engineer should understand the business

jordankrey October 3, 2019 October 3, 2019politics career, politics, reading, thebusiness 0

A software engineer can go a long way without understanding how their company really works. There are certainly advantages in focusing on the code and ignoring the politics and processes that go on around the office. At some point, if you want more control over the work that comes your…

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Production support: Keeping your heart rate down

jordankrey September 19, 2019 September 19, 2019career career, communication, off-hour-support, production-support 0

When you went to school, boot camp or learned to code on your own, there is a good chance that supporting production code in the middle of the night was not something you dreamed about. Yet, here we are. When I started my career, I was handed a pager and…

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Working from home: Are you doing it right?

jordankrey August 8, 2019 August 8, 2019career career, remote, workfromhome 0

Companies have a variety of alternative work options that allow folks to work from home, if only just occasionally. Developers, with their need for deep work, can appreciate avoiding the distractions of the work place. Home makes it much harder for a co-worker to “fly by” your desk to interrupt…

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The agile ritual series: Retro

jordankrey July 18, 2019 July 23, 2019career agile, career, retro, rituals, scrum 0
Cartoon word "retro" flipped horizontally to read backwards.

<- previous post in this series on planning My favorite ritual is the retrospective. The retro is a look back on the previous sprint with a specific focus on actions to take in the future. What I enjoy so much about retro is that it aims to give every person…

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The agile ritual series: Planning

jordankrey July 11, 2019 July 10, 2019career agile, career, planning, rituals, scrum 0
Cartoon word planning with the a backwards and one n coming in late via parachute.

<- previous post in this series on refinement In theory, the planning ritual could be automated. Look at everyone’s calendar for the upcoming sprint, estimate velocity and grab the things from the backlog that will fit. In the middle of a well-known project, it may be that simple and only…

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The agile ritual series: Refinement

jordankrey June 27, 2019 June 26, 2019career agile, career, refinement, rituals, scrum 0

<- previous post in this series on stand-ups   While refinement may not be in the handbook of scrum rituals, it is still a prescribed practice. Argue if you want, but I am taking the liberty of calling it a ritual for this series. It took me years to accept…

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The agile ritual series: Stand-up

jordankrey June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019career agile, career, rituals, scrum, stand-up 0
The word stand-up in bubble letters with none of the letters paying attention.

Stand-up is a microcosm of your team. Show me your team’s stand-up and I can diagnose the effectiveness of your team. While there are plenty of articles on how a stand-up should be run, this post is about how you, as an individual, should represent yourself in stand-up. Be on…

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What I am reading: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

jordankrey June 13, 2019 June 11, 2019reading career, influence, learning, reading 2

Why I read (listened to) it Written in 1937, this is book is a classic. Still referenced today by many successful folks like Warren Buffet. Yet, yours truly, had never heard of it until recently. I listened to the audio version read by Andrew MacMillan. Andrew MacMillan’s voice brought to…

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Why is something new so hard?

jordankrey June 6, 2019 June 6, 2019career career, impostor, s-curve 2
S Curve drawing showing stick figure going from old thing to new thing on a curve.

A new job, new role, new team, new boss or a new framework..they can cause a lot of anxiety.   Impostor syndrome can sneak up on the most confident of people. If you are less than confident, you might feel.. Why is something new so hard? The simple answer is…

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The software engineer’s feature set

jordankrey May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019career career, impostor 0

You have built some things, have ideas on how to code the “right way” and you may have held a job or two. But there is more to being an engineer than code. If you are on a technical track or a management track, you need to develop and ship…

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