Tag Archives: management

Eight Tips for Developers

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Captain Thomas Mashek

These should be no-brainers, but sometimes we developers overlook these ‘little’ things. While this concise little list is directed toward developers, it can be applied to just about anything, including our daily lives. Whatever time frame you give for a … Continue reading →

Obtuse Emails and Poor Team Skills

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Captain Thomas Mashek

There are some things that a project/group should not do and ways they should not be handled. The biggest thing is including threats among poorly written emails. If there is someone that I cannot and will not stand for in a project is having a leader who does not know how to properly open up lines for good communication between him/her and his/her fellow developers. Continue reading →

Project Nightmares

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Captain Thomas Mashek

There are times when you become so good at what you do and seem to work expertly and flawlessly with your team that you decide to go lax on certain aspects of your project management, like keeping individual changelogs and major update changelogs. Perhaps you’ve gone months without ever touching one of those and have done fine.

And then something goes wrong. Continue reading →