A good decision is good, regardless of the outcome, if it's the best decision that could have been made with the information available at the time.

I just don't know what I'm wrong about. Obviously.

Have you ever suffered from imposter syndrome? Have you also ever thought "what idiot did this?"

As I read a lot, I thought I'd recap my best reads of 2021. Perhaps you'll find something for your 2022 reading list.

The Adventures in DevOps crew discuss the various certificates that exist and which ones you may or may not want to consider getting.

You might hire a golf coach who watches you to discover your "bad habits", then convert them into explicit knowledge so they can be corrected. It's no different in business.

How much of what you do on a daily basis would you struggle to explain to someone as step-by-step instructions?

Even in a static environment, improvement may slow down, but it doesn't have an upper bound.

Introducing a new technology usually means taking on new risk, so find some value that your new learning will provide to your boss.

Why are new joiners often quick to offer unwanted advice on how to improve things? Many "newbies" can't distinguish between core skills and company-specific skills.

The three (plus one) approaches I've used to change tech stacks in my career.