Five for Friday – January 26, 2018

I intended for my last two posts to cover the main points of my STAR West keynote, but I neglected to mention a few of the books I referenced in my talk (which not coincidentally, are some of my most recommended books for those studying leadership. I first read Leadership on the Line as part…

I haven’t blogged much recently, and it’s mainly for three reasons. I’m busy – probably the hardest I’ve worked in all of my time in software. And although there have been a few late nights, the busy isn’t coming from 80-100 hour weeks, it’s coming from 50 hour weeks of working on really hard shit….

The first half of the year comes to a close, and I have five more things to share. And that’s that. Note – I’m taking next week off while I go on a walk in the woods. See you on July 12.

I wrote a bit of a career retrospective just a few months before I joined the Communicator team at Microsoft (the series is captured in these posts: (part 1 is here, part 2 is here, part 3 is here, part 4 is here, and part 5 is here). June 6, 1995 – exactly 15 years…

I’m two months into my 18th year at Microsoft, and I still really enjoy it – most of the time at least. My job is great, I work on amazing technology, and with people smarter than you can imagine. But, for two months or so every year, the dreaded MS review monster comes out from…

I just put together a collection of my published works (it’s not a long list). I also have an article coming out in a Korean testing magazine – I’ll see if I can get a link once it’s out. I’ve been writing less lately while I turn my attention toward my often neglected day job….