In a previous video I recommended using deadlines to keep your project on track, and making sure that they’re realistic deadlines (or target-dates, if deadlines are too scary). But, how do you come up with “realistic deadlines?” In truth, any estimate for how long a project will take is always just that: an estimate. It’s […]
It sounds counter-intuitive, but one of the easiest ways to boost your productivity is to simply limit the number of hours that you work. This was highlighted in an incident last week, when I spent the week fixing bugs. Watch the video, or read the summary below for more…Video Summary I spent last week fixing […]
Us software developers need to learn continually. New technologies arrive, new languages, new ways of doing things. Or, more likely, the next project requires that you use new libraries and/or systems.Tutorials are one of the best ways to learn how to do new things. However, have you ever gone through a tutorial and still been […]
