Have Code to Go Along With Your Resume Catherine Powell, July 23, 2014 1 min read Tip of the Day When you’re a software engineer, the resume is a tricky beast. It can describe the technologies...
4 Tips on Choosing External Software Catherine Powell, May 2, 2014 6 min read The “Not Invented Here” syndrome is infamous in the software world. That’s too bad. Some things we have to...
What the Next 18 Months Hold for Software Careers Catherine Powell, March 10, 2014 6 min read It’s easy to put your head down and focus on the work that you have to do today. To think about the job you’re...
How to Estimate a Budget When the Project’s Undefined Catherine Powell, February 5, 2014 9 min read December and January are when most companies focus on budgets, but you can be asked to estimate a project most any time...
How to Get Your Boss to Support Learning Catherine Powell, January 3, 2014 8 min read Think back for a minute to what you were doing five years ago. Now think about what you were doing ten years ago. Were...
What Does a Project Manager Do, Anyway? Catherine Powell, November 27, 2013 8 min read A few months ago, we looked at what a developer does all day. This month: What on earth is the project manager up...
How to Help Your Product Owner Help You Catherine Powell, November 6, 2013 9 min read We’re engineers. We build stuff. As for what we build, well, that’s a good question. Enter the product owner....
What a Developer’s Day is Really Like Catherine Powell, September 19, 2013 8 min read Ahh, the developer. Wakes up, rolls into the office, sits in a cubical all day writing code. Takes a break while eating...
How to Choose The Right Conferences Catherine Powell, August 12, 2013 10 min read Look to your right. See those conference listings? They all sound great -- fun, informative, valuable. They also sound...
How to Get Your Team’s Buy-In to New Processes Catherine Powell, July 10, 2013 7 min read In my last post, we discussed the tactics of process change, in particular choosing either a “big bang” or...
