How to Start Managing from 2,000 Kilometers
So, how do you assume management responsibility for a group of 40 people in a foreign country, most of whom you’ve never met before? Th...
The Last Meta-Post (for Now)
Note: By posting this, I run the risk of people calling me a "meta-blogger" again (see below). But I can live with that. At lea...
How to Handle Multiple Customers
Some time ago I wrote a blog post on how to do resource planning when you’re dealing with multiple small projects. It seems to be a tou...
My New Adventures in Ukraine
Our company has its main office in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), and a second one in Zhytomyr (Ukraine). On Twitter you might have read th...
I Don’t Feel Like Writing, Yet I Write
I must write.Though I’m not in the mood for writing.I’d rather read my Peter F. Hamilton book.But still, I write. Why? It is called s...
How to Make People Behave: 6 Levels of Disciplinary Action
In 4 Top Posts on Discipline in Software Development I told you about some disciplinary problems I was facing and the articles that I fou...
1st Anniversary: Your Opinion Please!
Tomorrow (or today if I compensate for last year's leap day) this blog is celebrating its first anniversary. Exactly one year ago I w...
secretGeek: Read It & Beat It
My cunning plan to dominate the software development blogosphere seems to be working. Authors of competing blogs are all lining up and be...
100 Interview Questions for Software Developers
Hiring smart software developers is not easy. If you’re not careful you might end up hiring a bunch of moronic mandrills, like I di...
Team Members, Be Predictable!
In my earlier blog post I Follow My Rules, You Follow Yours I wrote that team members don't necessarily have to follow the same rules...
Good Coders Code, Great Reuse: Read It & Beat It
In my relentless efforts to dominate the software development blogosphere, I am trying to find out how to beat all competitors. As you ca...
My Latest Team of Chefs
A while ago I wrote about the team building exercise I regularly organize. It comes down to this: I invite some colleagues over for dinne...
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