7 Reasons Your Team Can't Finish a SprintThis past sprint, my team did what most teams fail to do. We were able to fully clear our sprint board for the first time as a new team. Most of my experiences working in agile teams have led me to believe that carryover was a natural part of the pro...Sep 13, 2021 · 11 min readsuccessinsoftware.com
The Way We’ve Been Trained to Work Is WrongLife is a marathon. Unless you’re a software engineer...then it’s a sprint. Put yourself in the shoes of the average individual contributor. What do you imagine their primary goal is during a sprint? If you guessed “complete their assigned tickets”, ...8RNJSep 6, 2021 · 5 min readsuccessinsoftware.com
This Is Why You Feel Like an Imposter at WorkThere are weeks like this one where I honestly feel like I’m not a capable developer. I get stuck on a tough task, get frustrated, and then think about how someone else could probably get the same thing done with minimal issues. If you feel like this...Aug 30, 2021 · 8 min readsuccessinsoftware.com
11 Ways to Decrease your Work-Related Stress & AnxietyWhen it comes to stress and anxiety in the workplace, you could call me a frequent flier. Years ago I was diagnosed with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (or GERD for short), which feeds off of my stress and anxiety. As you can imagine, this is often ...1MAug 22, 2021 · 12 min readsuccessinsoftware.com
How to Achieve your Goals as a Software EngineerLast week I wrote about how to write effective S.M.A.R.T goals. You could spend your entire lifetime writing goals for yourself and never accomplish any of them. That’s why we’re going to put your metaphorical money where your mouth is and dive into ...Aug 14, 2021 · 4 min readsuccessinsoftware.com
