So, You Want To Quit Your Job? (Fantasy Versus Reality)

This is part two in a series about quitting your job.  Check out the first post here. Imagine you are…

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The Dark Side Of Software Development That No One Talks About

Hey, you. Yeah, you.  Psst.  Come over here. I’m going to tell you something that you may not have heard…

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5 Things That Will Make Your Agile Development Project FAIL

Far too many Agile development projects fail. It is hard to even accurately measure the number of failures because so…

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Understanding the Vertical Slice

One of the biggest challenges in breaking down backlogs is knowing how to split up the work from a backlog…

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Even Backlogs Need Grooming

Imagine this common scenario if you will. One of your friends calls you up and says: “Hey, would you mind…

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Add APPLY to Your TSQL Tool Belt

Every once in a while I stumble across some SQL keyword that I didn’t really know about, but is extremely…

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What is Dependency Inversion? Is it IoC?

Today we are going to talk about one of the most confusing topics of all and see if we can…

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Breaking Down an Agile process Backlog

The process of breaking down a backlog is one of the most important steps in any Agile process. I have…

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Selling Yourself: Why? and How!

I know many good developers who are under the impression that they either don’t have to sell themselves, or selling…

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