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Paige Watson @softwareascraft.com · 1d

I had a wonderful conversation with Brian Milner CST on the Agile Mentors Podcast. Listen tomorrow!
www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/podcast

Agile Mentors Podcast is debuting an episode with Paige Watson on October 15th

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 1d

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
--Jack Kerouac

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 4d

Love it!!

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 4d

After working in other languages in IntelliJ, I grew to prefer Rider.
I don't like VS w/o R#

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 4d

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 4d

Caption please

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Paige Watson @softwareascraft.com · 9d

Please join us as we welcome @andrea-goulet.bsky.social to the Seattle Code Crafter's meetup on October 23rd at 10:00am Pacific

We are excited to host her talk on "Empathy as Infrastructure: The Hidden System That Enables Organizational Change"

All are welcome!
www.meetup.com/seattle-soft...

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Jon Reid @qualitycoding.org · 9d

There's a free Global Coding Dojo this Wednesday, 11:00am Pacific, 15:00 UTC for anyone wanting to learn or practice TDD. Perfect for any skill level - beginners warmly welcomed! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-coding-dojo-tickets-1114576240539

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 15d

So refreshing to stop talking about ways of working and just do the work.
The team did such a great job. Super-awesome to see motivated people solve real problems for people.

There are still a LOT of ways teams can improve.

We're not done learning.

Paige Watson @softwareascraft.com · 15d

"This achievement was historic. Never before had a hackathon organized by the Agile Alliance, which has been running such events for several years, reached this level of delivery."

Ask me why this worked so well.
#FAST #self-selection #dynamic-reteaming

agilealliance.org/resources/vi...

Agility Meets AI: Inside the Hack for Good at Agile2025 | Agile Alliance

How an Agile2025 hackathon team used agentic AI, markdown-first specs, and rapid feedback loops to replace a manual Excel workflow with a mobile counter app that boosted clinician accuracy and deliver...

agilealliance.org

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 21d

If you don’t know the phrase Iowa Touchdown, it was coined after Iowa won a game this way in 2022. This happened on the same day Jordan and Commish met in person for the first time at the ULM at Texas game.

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 22d

Perfect!

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 23d

#TechDebt

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 25d

Great insights here about how to be effective in tech by going beyond the tech.

4 Lessons From a Software Engineer for Leveling up in Tech - Business Insider share.google/67rXKHjk6PNl...

A senior software engineer says the 'most important survival skill' in a tech job isn't just coding — it's communication

Namaswi Chandarana, a senior engineer at GameChanger, said "the most important survival skill" in a tech job is communication.

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 25d

It's too bad the Emmys are done already.

If they were next week I wish they gave every nominee in this category an Emmy just for using their 1st Amendment rights.

I believe in free speech for all, even if I don't like what you are saying.

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 25d

I was unable to cancel my Disney+ subscription this morning.
I'm sure the website glitch was random.

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 25d

I've met a lot of wonderful H-1B folks in my career.

People who have been taken advantage by agencies pocketing more of their hourly billing rate than they receive.

People who've moved their families here and need to uproot overnight.

Wishing you all the best during this turbulence.

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 26d

25 years ago today I became a father.

It's hard to articulate how much this has changed my life for the better.

Most of my personal and professional investments, and growth, stem from the investments I wanted to make into my family.

It hasn't been easy, but it's been worth it.

Happy 25th, Chloe❤️

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 27d

Smart.
There's a lot of solid fundamentals which can easily get skipped.
Small problems can get big fast.
I'm sure you could tell stories

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 27d

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 28d

yeah. It was just the modem mounted, which shouldn't matter.

We lost internet when a tech was outside on Friday.
New tech said that wasn't the cause.

I've worked in IT too long to know better.
Whatever, it's working again.

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 28d

I think about this story a lot.
I've some wonderful friends who take longer to find work than their skills should determine.
#KeepBelievingInYourself

tybennett.com/do-you-know-...

Do You Know Your Value? – Ty Bennett

tybennett.com

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 29d

I bet that's great when you are working from your tree house!

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · 29d

Internet tech arrived to address an outage after another tech was working on the box in our backyard.

He first came into the house and said my modem was mounted too high.

I have never heard that fiberoptic cables have a height restriction.

Am I taking crazy pills?

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Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · Sep 15

The only thing worst than on-hold music is frequent interruptions announcing "all agents are busy...".

Why can't they just include that message as lyrics on the on-hold music?

Dustin Thostenson @dustinson.bsky.social · Sep 15

I found my new favorite nighttime youtube channel.
"Boring History for Sleep"
www.youtube.com/@HistorianSl...
I feel like a baby listening to a long, calm, semi-interesting story as I drift off.

Historian Sleepy

www.youtube.com