Dear Reader,
[DISCLAIMER: I work at one of the greatest companies in the tech industry. They let me telecommute. They get it...most of the time. They rock.]
The Problem
Because I telecommute and of late travel a lot, I don’t often fill up my car with gas. It’s not an exaggeration to say that I fill my [...]

Dear Reader,
(UPDATE: I podcasted this blog at DevZone)
Yesterday on FaceBook, someone asked this question.
What does it take to get a talented person to join a startup.
Here was my response to them, expanded a bit since I’ve got more room here.
I don’t pretend to speak for all professions here, just developers. Accountants, sales [...]

If you manage software developers, you ain’t gonna like this.

[Author's Note:I originally published sometime in 2000. I wrote 3 articles that year on managing development teams. I'm going back and revisiting them because we are moving into another upswing in the technology sector. I see some of the same behaviors saw in the "Bubble". The rush to be first, "Ship Happens" mentality, [...]