Mike Bowler

Helps IT teams improve through coaching & training. Agile, kanban, technical, neuroscience, psychology. @[email protected] on Mastodon

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

@editingemily There is clearly value in periodically coming all together in person. There is also clear value in having time where everyone is remote. How much of each depends on the nature of the work and the people involved. There is no single right answer, no matter what management thinks.

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

Understanding how we think. A very quick introduction to Systems 1 and 2.
https://t.co/C1d15gYMPe

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

Research shows that code comments rarely stay in sync with the code they’re describing. Other psychology research shows that incorrect comments are worse than no comments at all. Should we get rid of code comments entirely or are some worth keeping around?
https://t.co/Fw7MmKlNrV

[Bruce Scharlau @scharlau]

Woohoo! My book is done. You can find 'Teaching Team Collaboration: The Human Side of Software Development' at https://t.co/TDbwdMniME #teaching #SoftwareDevelopment #collaboration #SoftwareEngineering #iticse #sigcse
Thanks to @leanpub for their platform

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

What modern development or operational best practices have you been told you can't introduce due to "compliance" or "regulatory reasons"?

Especially love to hear from my friends in fintech 🥰 (I'm writing something for fintech devcon *right now*, gimme your worst!)

[NeuroLeadership Institute @neuroleadership]

Mary Portko, chief learning officer in the federal government, highlights how coaching creates a culture where employees want to stay.
https://t.co/Btyb4gfzoI

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

@MandelHypnosis Primarily groups, including yours. There are some people that I care about who are only there but I expect most of them would move off if groups moved off.

[KelownaNow @KelownaNow]

The Kelowna shelter has taken in more animals from Kelowna, Lytton and Kamloops and has their doors open for more.

https://t.co/fd5Cxp7gaU

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

@johncutlefish My city is on fire today so let’s check that off and then return to boring days. #Kelowna #Wildfires

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

@Okanaganscan Thanks for what you’ve been doing. Very helpful, here in Kelowna.

[Adam Karpiak @Adam_Karpiak]

“Hiring the best candidate” and “hiring the best candidate willing to put up with your interview process” are two different things.

[Cornell Lab @CornellBirds]

Canada's biggest fire season ever—a potent reminder of climate change's ability to alter how ecosystems work. Nevertheless, wildfires are a natural part of many ecosystems, and many species depend on fire. How to balance these ideas? We spoke to experts :https://t.co/du2vhW7tpS

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

In a coaching context, asking “why” questions can be problematic. They can often give results that we did not intend and should be used carefully and sparingly.

More at https://t.co/JnEhOqo18V

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

We have a tendency to take inexperienced people and have them work as fast as possible, all by themselves. This results in mistakes that could have easily been avoided and causes us to solve problems that have already been solved.
More at https://t.co/GdqIOW9wNz

[Jaclyn Whittal @jwhittalClimate]

DO NOT FLY DRONES near a wildfire! It can’t shut down suppression efforts by crews fighting the fire 🔥

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

In 2023, it shouldn't still be a controversial point to say that per-story estimates are a waste of time and that we should stop doing them. Yet, it still is.
More at https://t.co/WFkR93IZ7q

[Mike Bowler @mike_bowler]

If you've been using my jira-export tool to pull metrics from Jira, be aware that it's now packaged as a rubygem for easier installation. Also, it's been renamed to avoid conflicts with a similiarly named existing gem.

https://t.co/Wa5O9ao6j2
https://t.co/jDgLHImCYt

[Wisen Tanasa @ceilfors]

You'd want your PR to be reviewed as soon as possible. You assign the PR to all 5 of your teammates.

But no one reviews your PR. Why?

You may be experiencing the diffusion of responsibility.

[Bennie Mols @BennieMols]

“Many AI researchers and ethicists to whom Nature has spoken are frustrated by the doomsday talk dominating debates about AI.” https://t.co/0A0aMDOp4i

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

It's very difficult to own your process when you've spent your entire career being told what to do.