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Beyond helping me apply reductionism to requirements elicitation and pushing me to identify and understand underlying relationships, my background in science has also prompted me to always evaluate the reason that business processes and solutions exist. There is a phrase that I’ve picked up while reading some works in philosophy: …
Last time, I wrote about how the reductionist logic I used when studying science has benefitted my work as a requirements analyst. However, the benefits of a scientific background in this field don’t stop there. My studies also have also helped me understand how crucial communication and relationships are in …
“Reductionism: The theory that every complex phenomenon … can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.” Think about any software product that you have ever used. For the most part, you care about the whole of the product, which is …
While talking with my roommates the other night, the topic of career paths came up. My roommates are all engineers in some regard, and as a result, they each have a decently defined career path. I, on the other hand, continue to think about what my career path as a …
I have a story to tell about leadership. Actually, it’s about the lack of leadership, and how that percolates through an entire organization. It was my first official project management gig. I worked within the IT organization of a large company. First by chance and then by preference, I became …
In the “not Seilevel” part of my life, I help run a Texas grassroots political organization. I’ve been a member of the administrator group for several years. In addition to all our offline activities (meet the candidate events, volunteer events, volunteer training, get-out-the-vote activities, and charity drives) we run an …
Agile and Waterfall. Agile is the topic of many blogs just like this. People will tell you horror stories about their experiences with Agile. People spend hours at a time researching and debating about which is the better development method. Some people say waterfall development is a thing of the past. …
An event horizon is essentially a boundary for a “point of no return”. In today’s world of technology, the rate of development is moving at a rigorous pace. The world of data is 24/7. The world of business is much the same. Given the constant state of building, testing, and …
I once had someone tell me that I am the only one who owns my career. No one else is under any obligation to help me grow, to help me learn more, to do what it takes to get to the next step. Those are words that are so true. …
Seilevel has fairly selective hiring practices (we hire less than 2% of the people who submit resumes and apply with us). I estimate that I’ve been involved in the hiring decisions of over 50 people, most of whom I interviewed directly. Without giving too much away, every candidate who interviews …
