Jimmy Cerone

Shallow Dives: Professional Development for the Perpetually Busy

Shallow dives are quick 20-30 minute study sessions about new technologies. In a shallow dive, we trade depth for connection, speed, and flexibility.

Personal Optimization

How to Program Yourself to Program Better

Today I’d like to share with you how to program yourself. And, maybe you'll gain some empathy for the computer you're always bossing around.

Personal Optimization

Rethinking Problem Solving: Starting with Feelings and Problems

Software is nothing but a specialized version of problem-solving. To do it well, we need to deal with our emotions and zoom in on the right problem.

Growing as Makers

Learn to Code: Make It Simple, Personal & Communal

Learning to code is simple but not easy. Good learning makes it stupid simple. It also makes it personal, and it makes it communal.

Developer Tools

How to Explain Your Job to Other People: Software as Digital Construction

Software development is not online wizardry. It's more like digital construction using many of the same tools you do every day.

Personal Optimization

We All Have “Baggage” from Bad Work Experiences; It’s Time to Unpack It

Negative work experiences create baggage we carry into future jobs, where it can sabotage us. It's time to understand and unpack what's holding us back.

Personal Optimization

Screen-Free Mindfulness – 4 Ways to Be More Mindful Without an App

Mindfulness doesn't have to come from yet another screen. Dodge the apps with these four no-screen ways to boost your mindfulness.

Growing as Makers

Remote Onboarding: Lessons from a Summer Shoveling Manure

Onboarding remotely is difficult and stressful. But if we can stay flexible, work together, and pay attention to our environments, we can make it easier.

Jimmy Cerone

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