The Sherpa Project

Since I haven’t posted much in a while, I thought I would throw up a couple of TIBs. I do have way more to say than usual and I’ll get around to posting again after I’m settled in to my new home and into my new job. In the meantime…

TIB #4: Passion matters (way more than anything else)
I’m not sure what more to say about this one. Regardless of experience, passion is the most important asset that you can have as an individual. Take your pick on where you can apply this one, it’s universal. There have been times that I have not been passionate about what I was doing and even though I may have been experienced and well-seasoned in the area, I was not as effective as the people who were truly passionate about what we were doing.

TIB #5: If you’re not passionate about something, don’t do it.
See above. It doesn’t work out well for anyone. Life is too short to spend your time doing shit that you don’t believe in. If your employer has a different view, find a different employer.

Design matters. 

Design tends to be overlooked, but it’s extremely important. It matters in products, it matters in software, it matters everywhere.

A while back, I wrote about defining my TIBs. I’m still not done, but I’m going to randomly post a few from time-to-time. I don’t have them listed in any particular order, but here is TIB #1:

Custom software is too expensive.

There are many factors that eventually come together and make the world of custom software development more expensive than it should be. I believe this is because the majority of our focus in the field is primarily focused on technology solutions instead of business solutions. Sound software craftsmanship and business accumen can go hand-in-hand to create functional, beautiful, simple, and valuable software if we step back and question our assumptions on how software should be developed.