Getting Started

Photo by Eric Ward [https://unsplash.com/@ericjamesward?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] / Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] One thing that is always hard when you're new to something is knowing how to get started. When I try…

Making a Dartboard

Photo by Max Lakutin [https://unsplash.com/@lktnm?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] / Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] I mentioned to a mentor of mine that there are tons of resource for working with people as a manager,…

Personal READMEs and User Manuals

I've heard that manager READMEs are bad [https://medium.com/@skamille/i-hate-manager-readmes-20a0dd9a70d0]. The criticism revolves around these documents ultimately being self serving by giving the author a way to justify acting in the wrong. For example, if I write in my README that "I don't handle criticism well" and I…