Reflecting on 20 Years of NBA2K
By the time this post gets published, 2K Sports will have released the newest iteration of their best-selling NBA2K series—NBA 2K19—which this year will also mark the 20th game and 20th year for...
Thoughts
Separating Title, Responsibility, and Capability
A crucial part of being a people manager is making hiring decisions, and an overlooked part of that responsibility is to make a judgment on not only whether someone passes the hiring bar, but which...
Are "Strong Opinions" Really "Weakly Held"?
Strong opinion, weakly held. It's become the go-to description for explaining the legitimacy of a decidedly non-apologetic, domineering personality or position. The idea is that it may be okay to have an aggressive...
Sleeping with Ease
As knowledge workers, it's somewhat a given that we end up taking work home with us. Sometimes this is literal: laptops and VPNs are enough to log in remotely and resume work into...
Autonomous Vehicles will only Make Commutes Longer
Rush hour traffic and lengthy commutes have become an accepted part of working life; worse, it's also mostly expected that congestion only gets worse over time[1]. For a bit there, there was...
Recounting a 14-Year Career in Software, Part V
Previously: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. This final entry covers my time at Counsyl which has its own retrospective as well. As usual, I will bold major lessons learned. Assimilation vs. Differentiation...