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Don't Let Others Define You. Find Your Niche.

Oh, man. Some days are good and some days are bad but when it comes to software development, bad days are typically related to horrible communication. For me communication is everything. You have to make sure you keep everyone informed about project changes. Don't assume just because you had a meeting that people know there are actionable events to be taken care of as a result of the meeting. Do not assume that everyone heard things the same way that you did and know they were supposed to take care of something.

How often has your boss or a colleague walked up to you and asked "So how are the new development changes working out. Are you going to meet your deadline?". Of course, you start sweating and think, what changes? Soon, it starts to occur to you that in his mind the meeting you had 3 weeks earlier had actionable tasks to be done and without being told, you were suppose to magically know and carry them out.

Project sponsors, managers and whomever HAVE to assign tasks. It needs to be done in a formal manner. They need to advocate for the projects success and for yours as well. Only lazy managers think that they do not need to do this. If you are a manager of people and you say, "I don't want to baby sit people". If you see managing people as babysitting, then you need to get out of what you are doing and start working in some other profession, because you are not a good fit for the position,

Too often, managers are not qualified to lead. In fact, they don't lead. They just dispense work or even worse, assume you know what they are thinking or more arrogantly think that their point of view is given to them by God and all good qualified developers share this same knowledge.

So developers, do not think you are alone. Right now, as you read this, there are thousands of software developers around the world, downing a bottle of scotch and thinking..."Man, my life sucks. I need to get out of this company and find something that fits me better".


Stay inspired. Don't let them get you down. Find your muse and do what excites you and always advocate for collaboration and communication. Everyone will have failures. Do not let them define you.


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