Marcus Blankenship - Daily Writing

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

When I first started this list, back in 2014, I wrote that technical leaders should stop coding and focus on their teams. Now, here I am, working as an Engineering Manager, and I’m learning Go and Kubernetes. Why? I need a shared vocabulary with my team to be an effective leader. After all, if my team was in Mexico, I might take Spanish lessons. Not because they don’t speak any English, but because it would help us work better together for many reasons.

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Successful Software

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

I released v1.1.0 of Easy Data Transform this week. It is a big upgrade, with some major new features. There is a new Javascript transform. This allows you to create custom transforms for anything that is too specialist to do with the other 37 built-in transforms. I’m not a fan of Javascript, with its horrible scoping and typing, and I would have preferred Python or Lua.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Helping support your staff more in the business can be really beneficial to your company. Looking after your employees and making sure they’re happy at all times is the secret to a productive work environment. Here are some ways to help support your staff more when they’re working for your business. Listen To Their Needs. Their needs should always come first, and as a result, you’ll likely see a change in the way they see the company and the respect they have for you as an employer.

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