Five for Friday – November 6, 2020

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 early January, but I think I’ve already read at least a half dozen web articles on how testers need to be creative and use their brains, etc.. The articles are exactly on point in some sense, but most give me the feeling that the authors think that software testing is (one of) the only…

It’s been a long time since I wrote a post that wasn’t a Five for Friday, but this may be my last chance to write a decade-end post. Ten years ago, at the beginning of the decade, I was wrapping up a tour of duty in Microsoft’s Engineering Excellence group where I was a Director…

Not only am I back for another week of FfF, but you are too! Thanks for reading. First up this week – in a title that’s obvious, but an article with substance. The Key to Retaining Young Workers? Better Onboarding. This is something I need to ask Brent about. Microsoft considers pay raises to stay…

Whew – what a week it’s been. There’s only drawback I can think of from being in Switzerland last week is that my work and meeting load this week has been nearly double. Given that I’m still catching up from my India trip last month, I’m quite thankful that my travel schedule is light in…

A while back, inspired by Roy Rappaport’s manager readme, I created my own. Unfortunately too late for most of my Unity hires, but a fun reflection exercise anyway. I originally had this on our internal wiki, but I recently moved it to my github site as a more permanent location. A few of you already…