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I. M. Wright podcast: “Right on schedule”

"My older son can now drive. This adds two new worries to my life—how ancient I feel and thoughts of my son in a ditch somewhere. To mitigate the second worry, my wife and I enforce a curfew and insist my son call if he's running late."

I. M. Wright podcast: “My experiment worked! (Prototyping)”

"It's summertime. Time to sit out in the sun and daydream, perhaps on a vacation or a weekend afternoon. When your mind is relaxed at times like these, you often think of beautiful new ideas."

Author news: A shout-out to Eric Brechner!

Microsoft Press would like to wish Eric and his wife a very happy 20th wedding anniversary! Congratulations!
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I. M. Wright podcast: “Opportunity in a gorilla suit”

"It's annual review time at Microsoft. We differentiate pay between high, average, and low performers in the same roles. Thus, it's time to calibrate those who've made the most of their opportunities in the past year with those in the mainstream of solid engineers and those who haven't quite kept pace with peers."

I. M. Wright podcast: “The VP-geebees”

“It's the end of the fiscal year. Most engineers associate this time with performance review season, but for principal-level engineers and higher it's also executive review season. Time to waste weeks of your life writing slides for executive presentations that will be rewritten five times before they are never presented."

I. M. Wright podcast: “Lead, follow, or get out of the way”

“We're closing in on midyear career discussions again. It's time to place your hopes and humility in the hands of your hierarchy."

I. M. Wright podcast: “I hardly recognize you”

"The annual engineering awards are being given out this week at the Microsoft Engineering Forum. Annual reviews will soon follow. These are great opportunities to recognize impactful work. It's too bad most managers are tragically ignorant of how to recognize their employees or truly why they should."

I. M. Wright podcast: “Crash dummies: Resilience”

“I heard a remark the other day that seemed stupid on the surface, but when I really thought about it I realized it was completely idiotic and irresponsible. The remark was that it's better to crash and let Watson report the error than it is to catch the exception and try to correct it."

I. M. Wright podcast: “It starts with shipping”

"Call me 'old school' but I believe in shipping. Trying isn't enough. Getting close isn't enough. Good ideas aren't enough. You've got to ship."

I. M. Wright podcast: “At your service”

"Remember this one, 'The microprocessor changes everything!' No, it didn't. Yes, it had a big impact, but people still fretted about the same problems and tried to accomplish the same things. They just created problems and accomplished things more efficiently."

I. M. Wright podcast: “Your World. Easier.”

“During difficult economic times like these, people tend to whine less about common complaints that now seem trite. Mostly, I'm relieved not to hear how much e-mail is in Ingrid's Inbox, how Brian broke the build again, and how Suresh's service schedule slipped successive sprints."

I. M. Wright podcast: “Things have got to change: Change management”

“It's the political season in the United States, making ‘change’ a happy word around here. Politicians fight over who better represents change. They proclaim themselves to be agents of change. Hysterical admirers jump up and down waving ‘Change’ signs. Change. Change. Change."

I. M. Wright podcast: “I’m listening”

"It's Midyear Career Discussion time at Microsoft. Perhaps you just finished, but more than likely you're still trying to squeeze yours in. How'd it go? How will it go? For you? For your manager? Well, that depends."

I. M. Wright podcast: “Green fields are full of maggots”

"As I said in 'Nailing the nominals,' the two keys to successful big projects (100K+ LOC) are thinking ahead and defining done."

I. M. Wright podcast: “So far away: Distributed development”

"If you are a software geek, like me, being the product support technician for your friends and family comes with the territory."
 
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