Five for Friday – July 26, 2019

This FfF is slightly later in the day than normal due to the Seattle snow-pocalypse. I drove my daughter home from an appointment this afternoon. It was snowing, the roads were mostly wet, but it took almost 3 hours to drive twelve miles mostly because people were being stupid. Please, Seattle area readers, read this Now…

A lot of people, both co-workers and not, have asked me why I “chose” Unity for my post-Microsoft career. Although I documented (sort of) why I broke up with Microsoft, and talked in a few other places about my role, I guess I haven’t publicly shared why I’m at Unity (vs any other tech company)….

After my last post, I thought I was done commenting on stack ranking (for at least another year), but two things inspired me to write just a bit more. First, a few people flat-out asked about my opinions for alternatives; and secondly, a consultant added some ignorance to the discussion that gave me just enough…

It’s March, and there’s still snow on the ground here in sunny (but cold) Seattle. Here are some things I found this week worth sharing. First off – the Unity blog has a nice article on the recent Unity Quality Week Here is a sensible article on measuring productivity in organizations Kim Scott (Radical Candor)…

Thanks to everyone who attended the presentation today. Video and slides are below. For those who asked – some of my other online talks are here: Thoughts on test strategy – http://www.vimeo.com/15853235 Code reviews for testers – http://www.vimeo.com/16753993   Ride the Gravy Train (and other career tips) from Alan Page.   Ride the gravy train…

How in the hell is it November already – again? It’s time for your weekly peak into my open tabs. Angela Riggs wrote a nice article on how to write better goals Jeli wrote about a case study they did with us at Unity. Along those lines, I found out this week that Verica collate…