Retaining technical talent has long been and remains a challenge. Here I talk from the perspective of a programmer about how to keep your best programmers.| DaedTech
Dan Pink's Drive [http://www.danpink.com/books/drive/] is one of my favourite books. I also really like his RSA talk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mG-hhWL_ug] on the same subject. Pink argues that people are happy, engaged, productive, and creative when they are intrinsically motivated, as| Colin Breck
Software developers stereotypically hate meetings. Personally, I do not dislike meetings. In fact, I quite enjoy interacting in meetings. What I dislike is when meetings disrupt my day, slicing it into small increments, such that I have no time for extended, focused work. I have tried to voice this concern| Colin Breck
A year ago, I accepted a team lead position. As I wrote at the time [https://blog.colinbreck.com/on-being-a-team-lead-welcome-to-our-team/], I have had a number of opportunities to be a team lead, but I have always declined them, choosing a more technical role, to become a better engineer. In this| Colin Breck
I would like to propose an experiment for improving the effectiveness of technical interviews: developing empathy for the candidate through a dedicated listening session. Previously, I shared my thoughts on incorporating code review in technical interviews [https://blog.colinbreck.com/interviews-for-programmers-should-involve-code-review/] as a means of developing empathy, to increase the| Colin Breck
I've had a few opportunities to be a team lead, but I've always declined these opportunities. Sometimes it was because I felt the project or the timing just wasn't quite right, but, as much as anything, it was because I wanted to keep developing my technical skills by doing the| Colin Breck
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. [Brown, Brené] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.| www.amazon.com
“Important reading…an integral addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a radical shift in how businesses operate.” —Kirkus Most of us believe that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake, Daniel H. Pink says in, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, his provocative and persuasive new book. The secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, an...| Daniel Pink | The official site of author Daniel Pink
