In terms of working, day 4 was actually only half a day. But since the last day of WeCamp would also just be half a day, some work had to be done. The team focussed on finishing their MVP and ended up actually finishing this as well! A great accomplishment for a team that, 4…
Day 3 brought change. As I mentioned yesterday some of the personal goals that were set during the individual conversations with my team members affected the work we were doing. This meant, for instance, that Jasper took a more leading role within the team, and Kanban was being implemented for a better view on our…
Yesterday was day 2 of WeCamp and it was an interesting day. While gathering requirements in day 1 we created two *spikes*, topics to research to find out if we could actually do what we assumed we could. So in the morning, two people started on the research, while two other team members started on setting…
As we just started day 2 of WeCamp I’m reflecting back on the first day of the event. As I am being a coach this year, things are very different from last year for me. I’m hoping to have enough time to publish some notes and obversations every day. Being a coach Getting a team…
One of the topics in The Art of Asking that I think more developers should be aware of is that you need to do what you need to do to do your thing. This sounds vague, but it is true. In the book, Amanda Palmer uses several examples of how this works for artists, but…
Sometimes it feels like we are in a constant courtroom: We, all of us, constantly judge other people. And I mean, constantly. The person you see on TV, the person that walks by you on the street, the person that comes to your door when you get a delivery. The judging can be based on…
I have been blogging in the past months about asking, as I think it is quite important to realize asking is not wrong at all. When Joshua posted his slightly controversial post about elePHPants I felt it made a good point: We should be donating more to open source projects. It inspired me to create…
Yesterday was a really hard day at work. Lots of meetings, tough topics, lots of stress, lots of frustration. So when I went home, I didn’t take my usual route, but decided to exit the highway a bit earlier than usual and drive through the forest. Relax And Clear Your Mind Driving through nature, whether…
Earlier this week we had a discussion in the PHPNL Slack chat about finding jobs and using recruiters for this purpose. Some people had used recruiters to find their job and were stating that they might not have found their current job without the recruiter. I disagreed, and eventually promised to blog about it to…
Recently we’ve had some discussion on the PHPNL Slack community about code reviews. It’s an interesting topic that I’ve been meaning to blog about for quite a while already (and I’ve written about it for Wisdom of the elePHPant), so this was a good reason to sit down and actually put down my thoughts on…