I've never been a great planner. Just like anyone though, I've picked things up out of necessity. After all, building an app without plans wouldn't work very well. It feels amazing when a plan comes together. All of the details are just so. The team is pleased with the outcome.

Technical Debt had struck again. I was working my way through morning tasks when I started seeing emails customer emails come streaming in — they weren’t happy.. Our team had been developing new features and testing them in our production environment. These errors had been getting further in between, but the fact that they were still happening because we didn’t have a proper DevOps workflow wasn’t okay. Our customers (and their customers!) were being impacted because of our unprotected process.

Of the numerous things I’ve learned, here are 3 standouts that continue to impact my every day life. 21 months ago I graduated with a 4-year degree in marketing and finance. One month later I took my 4th job as a sales person. The thing is, I really didn't want to be directly in sales. But, I knew it was my foot in the door to get a position that wasn’t open at the time… Product Manager. I have learned many lessons working for a small shop with 2 FTEs and 6 PTEs. You’re probably wondering wh