Technical or not, issue 12 of Beyond Writing Code
Are people "technical"? Labels matter, and kindness matters more.
Posts tagged with kindness
You know what doesn't help overcome resistance?
“So, I put a lot of pressure on myself. All the time.” My husband stared at me. “Yes,” he said emphatically, as if I’d just pointed out that ice is cold or nighttime is dark. Okaaay, I guess the press...
Feeling seen
In the summer of 2019, I was three months into a new job. My house had endured major construction that resulted in equally major water damage. We were about to go live in a hotel until just before Chr...
The dangers of "who" and "why": post-incident reviews
Five valuable lessons, including one that really threw me for a loop when I read it.
Three reasons not to bring hostility
I enjoy challenges to my “conventional wisdom” about how developers and dev teams work. We can improve. “The way we’ve always done it” isn’t necessarily the best way. Luckily, I have found people on s...
Why Everyone Else Knows More Than You Do, and What To Do About It
The developers you work with know stuff that you don’t, and you know stuff that they don’t. Obvious, right? So why does it seem like everyone else knows more, and you’ll never catch up? Why does it se...