Who will step up?
Recently Terry Mock, executive director of SLDI, and I had a philosophical discussion regarding impacting development trends as we were formulating plans for upcoming training opportunities through SLDI. Terry felt strongly that developers need to change their business model to demand sustainability. I on the other hand, challenge that engineers need to step up to stop providing “safe” and unimaginative products for their customers. Ultimately, we agreed that we were both right. This is a team-based industry requiring all members of the team to step up their efforts. We learn best from failure Our best teacher can be failure—our own as well as the failures of others. The “let’s not ever do that again,” or “note to self” lessons are great learning tools. Imagine if no one was willing to take a chance on trying new approaches, techniques, and products where we might be. Terry and I agreed that simply stretching the design team’s willingness to look beyond its comfort zone would be a hug
