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By J. Timothy King on December 19, 2007
I wasn’t going to write about this, but it was such a juicy tidbit, I just had to pass it along. So I looked at all of my colleagues, who begged me to keep it quiet, I looked them straight in the eye and told them, frankly, to buzz off. This is an exceedingly valuable […]
Posted in Humor, Leadership, Management, Time & Productivity
By J. Timothy King on July 1, 2006
This is a story about my first software management success. It’s also a story about my first software management failure. It was a success, because the work got completed, and without any nasty surprises. It was a failure, because I could have made the team more efficient, and I didn’t. Both of these are good […]
Posted in Leadership, Management, Software Development, Stories, Tales of a Wanna-Be Software Entrepreneur, True Stories | Tagged code, refactoring, software engineering |
By J. Timothy King on May 26, 2006
Many people think leadership is about being in charge and making a legacy and doing great things and everyone loving you because you changed their lives. But it’s not. Mostly, it’s about moving chairs and other little victories that no one notices. Leadership is like Ronny Cammareri’s love, from Moonstruck:
Posted in Leadership, Management, Stories, Tales of a Wanna-Be Software Entrepreneur, True Stories |
By J. Timothy King on May 19, 2006
Seriously, this week I had my annual performance review, and my manager pointed out several weak areas, and I have no plans to address these weak areas. In fact, as a professional, my answer to this performance review could even end up getting me fired.
Posted in Leaving Normal, Management, Professionalism, Stories, Tales of a Wanna-Be Software Entrepreneur, True Stories | Tagged performance reviews |