Archive: March 2017
2 posts published in March 2017
Failed experiments and what I've learned from them
Hey, I messed up but at least I learnt from it!
In a preparation for a post that I’m going to write, I’ve prepared some code examples, and of course, making sure they work correctly. I spent nearly all of last week trying to find out what was wrong with my code, and when I did it, it was something really stupid. I don’t consider myself very stupid, so why did this happen? Let’s reflect a bit.
Dealing with "unreasonable" clients
Customer management
One of the forums from the StackExchange family which I usually visit is the Workplace one. It deals with office / team behavior, ethics and professionalism. The questions are incredibly interesting – most of the time, I’m not entirely sure what I should do in situations like that – and the answers are amazingly well crafted and thought.
And there is a particular one which caught my attention lately: Manager requesting task which I believe is unnecessary. And I found it interesting because we hear that a lot in the software world: “why is my customer / manager / leader asking for that if it’s not really necessary / a priority / important?”
Well, there are several aspects to consider. Let’s go in this world of absurd requirements together.