Scrum is just one of the Agile frameworks for managing projects/products, but it is one of the best known. While the most important thing is adhering to an agile mindset and principles, there are specific practices that define Scrum–and ensure its benefits. But, what do the aforementioned “agile mindset and principles” mean? Well, there is […]
Posts Tagged ‘#InflectionPoint’
Who Teaches Who?
This “Socio Formador” journey began way before this year in my scenario. Somehow I knew eventually that I would become some sort of teacher. It is not my dream job but, I remember back when Inflection Point hired me, I was a 21-year-old kid who knew nothing, and thanks to the great support that I […]
Do’s and Don’ts of Multicultural Work
In an increasingly globalized world, it is very common to find multicultural work teams, made up mostly of professionals from different countries, who contribute with great ideas and opinions to the company, since they greatly enrich the problem-solving. However, we must bear in mind that cultural diversity has a price: we can face significant disadvantages […]
“Socio Formador” Project: Mentoring Students, Learning from Students.
Some weeks ago, I received an invitation to participate in a big project named “Socio Formador” with one of the biggest universities in the country, Tecnológico de Monterrey. This big challenge involved guiding 50 students to complete 2 software development projects in 15 weeks (3 blocks of 5 weeks). From the planning to the implementation […]
Are You and Your Company Fully Inclusive: Things I’ve Learned from Being Friends with a Very Special Person.
I’m pretty sure you and your company do not discriminate anyone by their race / sex / religion / sexuality / social background / physique. Do one thing for me and ask yourselves this question; are we really prepared to welcome anyone to our homes and offices? Think about it twice, hint: “I can get there on […]
Should We Use Tailwind CSS?
Tailwind CSS is a CSS framework described as follows: “A utility-first CSS framework packed with classes like flex, pt-4, text-center and rotate-90 that can be composed to build any design, directly in your markup”. – Tailwind CSS official documentation Tailwind’s goal is to “Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML” (tailwind css 2022). If you ask me, this is quite a […]
Life Balance
Today I have been reflecting on one of the values of my company: Life Balance, and what it represents in today’s society, especially in my country. We know that in Mexico we work a longer business working day than in other countries, that we take fewer days off each year, and please, let’s not forget […]
Keep in Mind These 3 Pieces of Advice When Taking Care of Your Health
When was the last time you went to the doctor? and why did you go? How about the dentist or the last time that you did something for your health?. Before the pandemic, I didn’t do any of those things, and almost everybody that I know used to be like me. We usually look for […]
Basic 2D Game Development Concepts
When I was in my last year of high school I didn’t know what I wanted to study. At that time I had a lot of free time and as a result, I was bored. Since I was a kid I’d been playing video games, so one day, when I was a teenager, a great […]
Emotional Intelligence: the Intelligence of Success
“CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise – and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.” – Goleman. Emotional intelligence is the capacity that allows us to become aware of our emotions, understand the feelings of others, tolerate the pressures and frustrations we endure at work, increase our capacity for empathy and our […]
How .NET Newest Version is and will Continue Helping New Generations to Start Programming Easily
Microsoft had its .NET Conf event from November 9 to 11, 2021, announcing .NET 6 and C# 10. Within all the new features and tools added for this release, you can find that .NET is clearly aiming to facilitate the way we collaborate when coding or hosting the applications of our organization. It seems that technology […]
Some Basic Programming Techniques (Acronyms)
Throughout the years of my dev career, I have noticed some patterns at developing which if not followed to a T, could be a hindrance to your project. These patterns apply to the object-oriented paradigm, so I don’t know if these could work in a functional, imperative, etc. paradigm. Here are some of them: KISS (Keep […]