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   Freelance Developers: Quit talking about your tools to close more sales(nusii.com)

   1 points by marcuscreo 12y ago|0 comments
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   Survey: Are you a good Dev Manager?(marcusblankenship.wufoo.com)

   1 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|0 comments
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   Client Porn: Recovering from the Destructive Power of "Ideal" Clients(marcusblankenship.com)

   1 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|0 comments
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   Client Porn: Recovering from the Power of the "Ideal" Client(marcusblankenship.com)

   3 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|0 comments
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   Title: Failed Business Owner(marcusblankenship.com)

   1 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|0 comments
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   by marcuscreo 13y ago

   Ah, true!
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   by marcuscreo 13y ago

   Hmm... what did you expect?
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   by marcuscreo 13y ago

   That sounds really smart. Even as an 11 person agency, we took on work which required 90% of our folks to participate, because we always wanted to do bigger things. Didn't really work out, as I may have mentioned. ;-)
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   by marcuscreo 13y ago

   Hmm, interesting point that there are people who prefer doing maintenance. I know of some large companies (PivotalLabs, Carbon Five) who avoid this problem by not doing maintenance, but there probably is a nice market niche for teams who l
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Thanks, Patrick. Great advice! You captured the essence of the deal perfectly, with all its subtleties. (the "dribs and drabs", etc.)
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    Autopsy Lesson #1: Don't Serve Nasty Left-Overs(marcusblankenship.com)

    42 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|12 comments
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    Nightcode: Awesome new Clojure editor / IDE(nightcode.info)

    2 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|0 comments
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Thanks!
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Wow, I haven't thought of Bill since I read "Hackers"...
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    In more formal organizations, leadership is connected to title, from a "Formal authority" perspective. I can't imagine trying to be great at both cutting code and managing coders, so for me making the choice was necessar
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    I understand completely. I was actually quite sad at first, and it took me about 9 months to make the mental transition. I also appreciated that being a Team Lead gave my design ideas a larger voice, and more credibility, than it had befor
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Thanks, and Fixed! I wasn't intending to crowd-edit, but appreciate the feedback!
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    GabrielF00, err... thanks. I clearly rushed to publish too soon.. ;-(
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Summary: If you're leading a development team, stop coding and focus on being a great boss!
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    How to be the Boss Your Team Deserves: Stop Coding(marcusblankenship.com)

    11 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|12 comments
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Great point. When I was in IT, I said these things. Yet when I left there, I heard people complaining about getting these responses. I believe the chasm is great, and most non-IT folks feel 100% of the fault lies with IT.
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    ;limasdfo;ijasd .asdfn lol ;-)
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Thanks. My next post is on the "Joy of Being Small". Most people have goals to get HUGE, but there's huge freedom in doing your startup as a "second job", and keeping it small. ;-)
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    John, I agree. It's a hack for sure.
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    How to Build a Software Consultancy in the Middle of Nowhere(marcusblankenship.com)

    16 points by marcuscreo 13y ago|2 comments
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Everyone should, I agree. And maybe I'm delivering IT a backhanded-compliment, which I don't intend. My have tremendous fondness for people that work in Corporate IT. I've worked there in the lowest levels, managed them, pr
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    I think FogCreek does a really good job of this. When entering a ticket, they asked three simple questions: 1. What did you do? 2. What did you expect? 3. What happened instead? Just these three questions really help focus the task of ente
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Do you know non-technical people that can do this well and consistently? How do they do it?
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    hvs, I think both are true. I'm interesting in helping the first group (well intentioned, but clueless) learn how to use IT better. Have you ever been able to do that?
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    by marcuscreo 13y ago

    Yeah, these are great keys. I wish people outside IT could sit in our shoes for a few minutes and see how difficult it is to interpret "My computer isn't working when I access ASIGH". I mean, WTH? :-)