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AI and Programming — A Simple Review

My teams have been utilizing AI (specifically GitHub Copilot) for over a year now, so how has it been going?

Dec 15, 2024

AI and Programming — A Simple Review

Dec 15, 2024

Five things a manager should never do

There are so many things that you SHOULD do as a manger, that sometimes it feels like it might be easier to enumerate the things that you…

Nov 8, 2024

Five things a manager should never do

Nov 8, 2024

A biased story about stock options

Back in 2023, the company I worked for had an incredibly bright outlook. Investors were knocking our doors down and upper management’s…

Nov 7, 2024

A biased story about stock options

Nov 7, 2024

Performance Review Time!

HELP HELP HELP!!!!

Jan 17, 2024

Performance Review Time!

Jan 17, 2024

Good Developer / Great Developer / Exceptional Developer

Many developers toe the line between mediocre and good, but what is the difference between a good and great developer? Let’s explore this…

Jan 7, 2024

Good Developer / Great Developer / Exceptional Developer

Jan 7, 2024

Managing Time off (PTO)

You have a tough decision to make: do you approve or deny your employees’ time off? This request tends to arrive either by email or direct…

Dec 24, 2023

Managing Time off (PTO)

Dec 24, 2023

Engineering Manager — Five MORE things I’ve learned

Learning is a never ending task in the software industry. You could even say it’s job number one. Here are five more things that I’ve…

Dec 16, 2023

Engineering Manager — Five MORE things I’ve learned

Dec 16, 2023

Take charge of your career

The number one mistake I see so many people making is this: They’re not actively in the driver’s seat of their own career.

Dec 11, 2023

Take charge of your career

Dec 11, 2023

Managing Full-Stack and Split-Stack teams

Whether to assemble a team of full-stack developers or move toward a split-stack method involving front-end and back-end engineers is a…

Dec 6, 2023

Managing Full-Stack and Split-Stack teams

Dec 6, 2023

Technical Debt -or- why is this feature taking so long?

Technical debt — or when simple changes take way, way too long to complete. In this article we’ll explore three causes and what you can…

Dec 5, 2023

Technical Debt -or- why is this feature taking so long?

Dec 5, 2023

Mike Sage

Mike Sage

I've been in the software industry for 30+ years as a passionate Engineering Manager, Software Engineer, Scrum Master, and Project Manager.

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