Among the joys of web work is the freedom to create a more porous boundary between your personal and working life. Need to pop out to take your kids to swim lessons in the middle of the day? If you’re a web worker, that’s not a problem. Or conversely, if Read more…
1. Myth: You have to hire “ninjas”. 2. Myth: Programmers need to work in quiet, without interruption. 3. Myth: Start-ups run hot, so we’re just gonna have to burn everyone out. 4. Myth: Looming deadlines necessitate shortcuts. 5. Myth: Developers should take ownership of their code. Read more…
You don’t know what to do You don’t know how to do it You don’t have the authority or the resources to do it You’re afraid Once you figure out what’s getting in the way, it’s far easier to find the answer (or decide to work on a different problem). Read more…
1. Extract a goal from your most painful experiences. 2. Bury yourself in reading about the goal. 3. Develop a plan that includes a series of very simple actions that will take you to that goal. 4. Take your first action within a day of coming up with the plan 5. Keep Read more…