Do not justify your actions
If you have to justify your actions, it is the effect of someone not liking what you did! If it is someone else, is that person unreasonable? If so, he does not deserve it....
Monthly Archive: February 2018
Take a ‘bug’ as an insult
Yes, I am addressing programmers again! Imagine a mechanical engineer delivering a bridge and stating that “the bugs found in production can be fixed in the next sprint”. Or how about a civil engineer...
Where you are is perfect
My daughter told me a little while back how badly she wanted to be an adult. “It is so easy to be an adult. They never have homework”, was her argument. Remember feeling similarly...
Inspiration
Turn back through the pages of your life: The things you did well, the times when you were appreciated, the accomplishments, the wins! Nothing inspires you like a job that you do well! Those...
How to cut a tree
You cannot cut a large tree by throwing stones at it. You can work for days and months relentlessly and wear yourself out. Your inevitable confusion for not getting results despite your hard work,...
From Aspirant to Achiever
No person or entity has achieved anything predictable without the discipline of getting things done. It is only through a structured, methodical approach that you can hope to get from one point to another,...
Leader or Union Leader
A ‘Union Leader’ represents a group of people. He is convinced that his team’s rights must be protected at all costs. He cares for his people; often times, loved by his people! If they...
It is difficult to find trust-worthy people anymore
This is one unfortunate truism of the world we have made: “It is difficult to find people that you can trust”. The biggest casualty of this is that a truly honest and loyal person...
It’s not about the code
It’s not about the code. It’s about the lives that you are impacting with the software system that you are building. For a software programmer to think of code and code alone, is like...
Who do you want to go to war with?
Who do you want to go to war with? With those that you have? With those that are hungry to kill? With those that are desperate to defend their turf? With those that will...
