Software Project Stories

September 4, 2024 | 32:19

Here’s the true story of one of the craziest software consulting projects I’ve ever had the misfortune of working on.

May 24, 2022 | 29:16

The first software project of my career was a masterclass in surviving corporate politics. Writing code was the least of my problems!

March 1, 2019 | 13:02

Have a little fun by hearing three stories of times I made embarrassing moves I’ll never forget in my software development career.

February 12, 2019 | 19:34

Have you ever had to quit a good software project…because you figured out you weren’t going to be successful in your role? I did – here’s the story.

July 20, 2018 | 11:37

Blame-shifting and improper application of scrum got people fired on a software project I was on where the client was inexperienced with agile.

July 13, 2018 | 13:40

One of the most frustrating software projects I’ve been on involved webcam spying and finding the people who hired us rewrote our code!

June 29, 2018 | 7:55

A story of how I tried to help a team use continuous delivery – only to see them stop following it after I left. It’s hard to hold teams accountable!

June 15, 2018 | 7:49

Ever been on a software development project where one team is putting pressure on another because of a hidden agenda? I was, and things got interesting…

June 8, 2018 | 10:16

One of the most frustrating software projects I’ve been on was when we designed a product that never got built!

June 2, 2018 | 7:06

Software development draws us in with endless opportunities, but are they right for every project? There’s a time to stop learning and write code!

May 25, 2018 | 7:02

There’s no shame in getting help from a friend on a software project! In this episode I tell a story about how getting help was critical to my success.

May 18, 2018 | 15:28

Let me tell you a story about one of the weirder software projects I’ve been on – and how trying to change the culture went wrong.