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John Graham

Jul 19, 20231 min read

Will AI Phase Out Software Developement Roles?

John recently sat down with Daniel Litwin at MarketScale to talk about AI. AI won't change programming in the way you think... Check it...

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John Graham

Jul 19, 20231 min read

ChatGPT is not a Strategy!

Our latest podcast talks about the promise and pitfalls of generative AI - often referred to using OpenAI's ChatGPT offering. Is it going...

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New Podcast Episode! What do Managers do?

John Graham

Apr 6, 20231 min read

New Podcast Episode! What do Managers do?

Whew! It's been a minute since our last episode. Business has been... busy... But in our first episode of season two, we're tackling...

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Guest Post: How Elon Musk Destroyed A Colossal Pile Of Cash In Six Months - Culture Clash

John Graham

Mar 30, 20231 min read

Guest Post: How Elon Musk Destroyed A Colossal Pile Of Cash In Six Months - Culture Clash

Was the Twitter purchase by Elon Musk a good idea? I think we've waited long enough that we can start to render some judgment. How can we...

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Guest Post: How to Build Trust as a Leader

John Graham

Mar 7, 20231 min read

Guest Post: How to Build Trust as a Leader

We recently wrote for Engaged Agility detailing how to use our Big OH model of culture to help build trust (and effectiveness) as a...

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How to Win Productivity Quickly at Work: Here's Guildmaster's Engineering Manager Job Description

John Graham

Feb 15, 202312 min read

How to Win Productivity Quickly at Work: Here's Guildmaster's Engineering Manager Job Description

What Exactly Is A Manager? Many people equate managers with leaders. Management and leadership are two completely different skill sets,...

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There Won't Be a Tech Recession Next Year. Stop Worrying, You're Safe.

John Graham

Nov 8, 20227 min read

There Won't Be a Tech Recession Next Year. Stop Worrying, You're Safe.

I saw this tweet today from the Pragmatic Engineer, Gergely Orosz, saying he saw a tech recession playing out. The tweet, of course, is...

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John Graham

Oct 19, 20224 min read

Why A Vacation Won’t Save You From Burnout

Writing this week is Ariel Simpson. She is an independent executive coach who specializes in change management, trust-building, and Agile...

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Organizing Confluence Pages: How to Conquer Your Mess with Tags

John Graham

Sep 16, 20228 min read

Organizing Confluence Pages: How to Conquer Your Mess with Tags

(See parts one and two in this series!) Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Tags Tags aren’t… dangerous per se. But they often appear...

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How to Organize Confluence: Johnny Decimal and Maps of Content

John Graham

Aug 29, 20227 min read

How to Organize Confluence: Johnny Decimal and Maps of Content

In our last post, we discussed why most shops poorly organize documentation. To sum up, we live in a world where search “just works” in...

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Ashley Graham

Aug 17, 20221 min read

Episode 8: "Big Manager is Watching"

Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! We're back...

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How to Organize Confluence: Why Your Documentation Sucks

John Graham

Aug 15, 20228 min read

How to Organize Confluence: Why Your Documentation Sucks

Executive Summary Your docs don’t work. They are one of the few tools to make your team more productive; if anything, they often slow...

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Getting Better

John Graham

Jul 27, 20228 min read

Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Getting Better

In our last section on outlining, we left off with this question: beyond deliberate practice, what else could we do to become better...

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Drafting

John Graham

Jul 13, 20228 min read

Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Drafting

Last week we showed how outlining can lead to breakthroughs in research. Basically, it’s a philosophical tool: a way to drill down on...

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Ashley Graham

Jul 8, 20221 min read

Episode 7 - "It's Still Good!"

Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! Last episode,...

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Research

John Graham

Jul 6, 20226 min read

Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Research

In our last post, we were trying to decide whether we misunderstood something about our plan to trade a stock based on the RSI. We needed...

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Contract Programming

John Graham

Jun 29, 20227 min read

Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining and Contract Programming

Last post, we went over how outlining can drive design decisions you didn’t know you had. It can also work its way into the ongoing...

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining, Types, and Design

John Graham

Jun 23, 20228 min read

Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Outlining, Types, and Design

When we last met on Outlining, we ran into an issue: should our functions take strings or stock objects? Pushing forward good design...

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Somehow We Manage: Episode 6 - Totally Toxic

Ashley Graham

Jun 15, 202220 min read

Somehow We Manage: Episode 6 - Totally Toxic

Subscribe to our podcast wherever you listen--on YouTube, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or RSS! Resources and...

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Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Introduction to Outlining

John Graham

Jun 14, 20227 min read

Software Engineering for Data Scientists: Introduction to Outlining

That's what you've written down. That's the first step of your journaling process. You're trying out our "journaling" and "drafting"...

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