Hiya! I’m Mike, but some people call me Critter.

This is where I do my rambling.

Some of those ramblings…

A week by week plan for starting to manage a new team

Because I’m not good enough to wing it.

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

The “You Get One Diagram” approach to architecture documents

AKA the “YGOD” approach, I guess?

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

We become what we are told we are

On breaking the cycles that aren’t working with the people driving you crazy

December 2, 2020

Never underestimate people’s ability to not hear you

On the sneaky power of innate human deafness

December 1, 2020

That coworker who just wants to code

🎵 What do we do with a one-track coder, ear-ly in the mooooorning? 🎶

November 29, 2020November 30, 2020

Future-focused feedback

Stop arguing about the past!

November 27, 2020December 2, 2020

5 second feedback

And they said it couldn’t be done!

November 26, 2020November 27, 2020

The problem with “HELL YEAH or no”

Once again, it all comes back to fear.

November 25, 2020

Intense intervention or acceptance. Pick one.

Dear future me, So you’ve got a problem, yeah? If it’s really a problem, then attack it with the force of a thousand suns. If you’re not willing to do that, then it’s not a problem. Intense intervention or acceptance, those are your options. Pick one, right now. Sincerely, past me.

November 24, 2020

Death to small talk

The power of going off-script

November 23, 2020November 30, 2020

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