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Ending the wars between testers and programmers

July 8th, 2005

One of the long standing tugs of war in the software world is between those who write code and those who test code. I’m sure you’ve seen your share of skirmishes and turf battles. Well, here’s some thoughts for on how to make those dev/test relationships work better:

Ending the wars between testers and programmers

This is the first of several essays I’ll be writing for www.oreillynet.com

New essay: How to survive a bad manager

June 2nd, 2005

Ever have a manager you couldn’t stand or thought was incompotent? Then this essay is for you:

How to survive a bad manager.

I can’t guarantee that you’ll thrive, but the advice here should help deal with many “bad manager” situations.

Slashdotted

May 29th, 2005

Was away camping, and returned to a great Memorial day present - a mention on slashdot. The timing is sweet since the book is just out. But its funny than an essay almost two months old surfaces again. Somehow it showed up again recently on kottke.org and then made it’s way over to slashdot.

New Essay: Why you must lead or follow

May 18th, 2005

Latest essay is all about leaders, followers and specatators (or complainers) and why knowing where you stand and acting on it is so important.


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