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Measure the right thing
14 Nov 2019
It’s very easy to begin something with the best of intentions and say things like, “Every little helps.” or “It…
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Question everything
21 Jul 2019
If you’re still reading I’ve hopefully convinced you, or at least you’re open to the idea, of learning higher level…
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Sacrifice and Results
1 Jul 2019
Before going any further with the mystic change-for-life-fitness plan I’m proposing, we need to calibrate ourselves on a couple of…
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Change for life
25 Jun 2019
Banks will often advertise promotions offering sizeable sums of money for opening an account. There are all sorts of conditions…
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Snake oil selling better than ever
23 Jun 2019
This is the first in a long series of posts about fitness. By the end you will be better prepared…
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Manager README
29 Oct 2018
The concept of a manager README doc, as an introduction of what to expect from a new manager, has become…
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Are you joining a good engineering team?
23 Jul 2017
You’re unlikely to read a job spec these days that doesn’t contain the word, Agile (capitalised, of course), scrum, kanban,…
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How much coding should a manager do?
2 Jul 2017
In my day job we use Slack as a key communication tool – for those who haven’t used it, it’s…
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Are you happy?
25 Jun 2017
A thought experiment occurred to me which looks to answer the question, “Are you happy?” In a science fiction…
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How I became a data scientist
26 Aug 2016
During the #firstsevenjobs trend on Twitter, I tweeted my rather standard career path into software. It piqued the curiosity of…