Five for Friday – November 1, 2024

Since announcing my pending job change, several people have asked me, “why did you choose the Office Communicator group for your next position?” The answer is also part of the internal talk I’m giving this week on career tips, so I thought I’d share it here. One of my favorite things about Microsoft is the…

I mentioned in my last post that I have a new job at Microsoft (and I discussed it a bit more on the last AB Testing). During the interviews for the job, I talked a lot about quality. I used the agile quadrants as one example of how a team builds quality software (including my…

No testing related content in this post – just a quick trip report of our family vacation to Australia that I can point people to as necessary. Sydney (part 1) After a long flight, we landed in Sydney, where we immediately set out to explore a bit (I’ve found that walking in the sun is…

Time is a blur. I know today is Friday, because todoist reminded me to post a FfF post – something I recently realized I’ve done for over 5 years now. That’s like….math…a bunch of links. Hopefully you found a few of these helpful, interesting, or worth reading. Here’s this week’s batch. That’s all for this…

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…

I’ve been attempting to travel less recently, and I’m happy to say that beyond early November, I have no (work related) travel plans anywhere on the horizon. For better or for worse, I’ve had a deluge of great opportunities converge over the next thirty days.(for those of you who may be experiencing déjà vu, I…