WOW, Ravyn Manuel works in government and they are using DevOps?! I am amazed!!

This question makes me laugh. I have worked remotely for twenty years and I can live wherever I want. I have always been curious about Tampa, and I thought...

About 15 years before retiring we bought an old 10-acre mining claim in the Rockies, the Skeleton #1 claim, and in 2003 built a log cabin which was...

This is a fun question, on a Friday. If I could live wherever I want, without moving too many time zones away, I would choose to relocate to the Pacific...

Very interesting. Lots to say, here. Some of which probably shouldn't be said. Like you said about most of us, my job has become uninteresting and not at all challenging.

Very good topic, Steve. There's a lot I could respond to, but I'll just choose one. I'm like you, I have not worked anywhere that had high psychological safety. The...

Sorry about your Lab. We lost 3 dogs a couple years ago, which was a hard year.

One of the bright spots for this time for us is a new...

However, working from home has introduced some unexpected problems. In August we had to put down out 13-year-old Black Lab mix. I had hoped that she'd make it...

I certainly don't miss being in the office. My home office is much quieter without dozens of conversations around me, people walking by, and 100% of my meetings were...

Working from home has been such a blessing for me. I can concentrate much better. I'm not having to put in with cramped cubicle working, such as I have in...

Hmmm. Tough truth to take. I strive for perfection and have a hard time when others are satisfied with doing what you must do, given the circumstances. The reason for...

Where I work, we use TFS, with TFVC. By sheer inertia I strongly doubt that we'll change.

I've personally been using Git for almost two years and love it. I've tried,...

At my company there's a lot of mystery as to what's going to happen. For the most part, the employees don't have any say in the matter, any matter. I...

Very interesting, Steve! I'd like to think that I deflect an attempt to recruit me for planting ransomware on my servers if they offered me $1mm and more. But I...

I appreciate this post, Steve, thank you. Hope to go hiking with the family in the next 30 minutes. I'm thankful for being able to hike along the Bosque.