Bring Your Own Abstraction (BYOA)

Apple recently deprecated a favorite development feature of mine—@IBDesignable. Given the direction SwiftUI is heading, it makes sense, but the attribute was a little nod to how even the smallest…

Manager coverage and scope

People often ask what the different responsibilities are between levels of management: manager, director, and VP. First, there is no perfect way to draw this as organizations are all different….

The importance of a portfolio and progression towards proof of impact. When you’re early in your career, having a really strong portfolio is the only thing people have to go…

Me playing Ecco the Dolphin as a kid: Dolphin: The mark on your head looks like the stars in the sky.Me: Yeah so what…

I can’t tell if Adam Driver is good at acting or just really good at screaming.

Metaphors and allegories sketches

In issue 92 of Proof of Concept I did a piece about metaphors and allegories. This article covered how you can create metaphors and allegories to discuss really abstract and…

Startup growth: oil and water

When you join a startup that is growing rapidly, there are usually two groups of people. The first is the tenured employees who were there super early to get the…