A little blog of questionable wisdom written by a builder of little games. I do a lot of little things these days. I hope some of them do a little good.
These posts are old and new, serious and absurd, technical yet philosophical. I’ve kept even the questionable bits—partly for nostalgia, mostly as proof that wisdom arrives slowly, if at all.
If you’d like to reach me and don’t already know how, LinkedIn is probably your best bet. Students, I’ll likely reply; salespeople, probably not.
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I build little worlds full of adventurers, potions, and dragons. Students run potion shops where they manage magical supply chains for demanding fighters and wizards. They run media companies providing entertainment to dragons, frog-folk, and discerning gnomes. And in the process, they become curious about how the worlds themselves work and come alive.
I worked in tech for a long time, most of it leading technical teams. I kept noticing the same thing: new grads who struggled with problems that looked nothing like their coursework. They knew how to do the work, but only if it was carefully packaged for them. In the wild, solving a technical problem is a cycle:
Continue reading →“If managers were angels, no upward management would be necessary. In a career administered by people over people, the great difficulty lies in this: a manager must be allowed to manage the managed; and in the next place, the managed must, in turn, also manage upwards.”
— Jim Madison, ex-VP BigCo, 3x Founder, Board Director, Executive Coach, Author of Jim’s Federalist Newsletter
Alleigh refills her mug; her fifth coffee today. It’s been a rough week. She checks her phone to confirm the room: 3:00pm — 1:1 Sherry/Allie — Conf. Room Blackpink
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