Team work

Distributed Team Leader

1 September 2020

Now that distributed teams are finally adopted by the mainstream, productivity soars and work-life balance is better. Most developers, designers and writers are happy to be back in control of...

Individuals are awesome

14 April 2020

Collaborating with others is the most important skill in life. If you can't play well together, career chances are slim. We are a social species. People like people. They like to...

All teams are self-organized

19 February 2020

There is a lot of blah blah when it comes to team building. From hierarchical hard-liners to wishy-washy guru's, a lot has been said about how to make people collaborate. There...

Every company calls itself flexible. It's one of those meaningless buzzwords used to attract talent. Most businesses are extremely rigid in their mindset. I regularly hear from companies that think starting...

Too many senior devs

26 January 2020

A customer I once worked for took pride in a simple yet baffling policy: "We only hire senior developers" Their line of reasoning was that they could afford to pay for...

Minimum viable team

23 December 2019

Management worships scaling. More is better. Large teams can churn out more features faster. Strong managers shine in huge hierarchies. Sure, it can be a bit wasteful, but if you...

How to deal with Idea People

15 October 2019

If you spend some time on start-up boards or networking events, you'll run into them. Developers can spot them from the other side of the room and try to stay...

What makes a senior developer?

11 October 2019

If there is one creature that has an almost mythical aura in the corporate world, it's the senior developer. Wise, battle-hardened and elusive, they are in high demand. I've worked with...