I was asked recently by one of my colleagues what is a human engineer as this is the title that I recommend myself with. I've replied simply that I build humans. Like Frankenstein she said? Well not quite. deenofgeek.com A bit of background. For the most of my professional life I was(still at core) a… Continue reading Human Engineer
Category: Food for thought
Up in the air
Human are assets, not resources. I think that the HR managers should be called HA managers. Like computers, desks, the building are assets for a company humans are assets. I would say the most important asset. Nothing can be achieved without them. So what can we do to take care about our people in this… Continue reading Up in the air
The leader can be you
First step to success is to identify your own leader qualities.Communication is built on top on trust relations.Motivation cannot be imposed. People must want to work well.Nothing is more effective and satisfying than to show interest in others.Overcome your limits in order to discover what’s important for the others.Nothing is more convincing that being a… Continue reading The leader can be you
A change of seasons
Fundamental techniques of handling people Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment. There you are; human nature… Continue reading A change of seasons
Football Manager
You read it right. Today I'm gonna talk about my strategy that I used when I was playing this game. https://s2.dmcdn.net/v/AdDAh1LfLIUPbwg4i/x1080 I started with a mediocre team in 2nd tier. I was their manager. My goal was to promote it to 1st tier. I knew my chances are not that good, so the first thing… Continue reading Football Manager
We, the misfits
Have you ever feel that something is wrong with you? That you are swimming against the current. Well you might not be the only one. Some of us we like to say we write clean code, but are we clean coders? Do we apply the boy scout rule? At least we try. For us writing… Continue reading We, the misfits
Software Polyglots
When we start to work in the IT industry we usually select a development language and stick to it. At least that's what I did. And my language of choice was Java. Never wanted to hear about any other languages. Focused my time and energy into learning as much as I could about it. Was… Continue reading Software Polyglots
(Bad) Business kills coding
We're all in this because we love to code. The code has no feelings, it is real and quantifiable. We want to write the best code possible, to be proud of it. We follow the principles and realize great things. We refactor it times after times. Then unit and integration tests come along. Static analysis… Continue reading (Bad) Business kills coding