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Managing Humans: More Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
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Managing Humans: More Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp
January 2022
Beginner to intermediate
340 pages
8h 27m
English
Apress
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© Michael Lopp 2021
M. LoppManaging Humanshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7116-2_30

30. Capturing Context

Storing the thoughts that made your ideas bright
Michael Lopp1  
(1)
Los Gatos, CA, USA
 

Each organization in a company has its Favorite Application. It’s not truly their favorite application; it’s just the application they must use in their particular capacity in the organization. Stand up right now and walk into an unfamiliar part of your building and stalk your coworkers. If someone stops and asks you what you’re doing, tell them, “Rands sent me,” and vigorously nod your head. That always works.

As you walk the hallways of this strange new part of your organization, look at their screens. What’s the consistent application sitting on their monitors? ...

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