I read someone outlining a process for making change happen in an organization. Later on I realized, I’ve done that! Perhaps I should share? When I get those thoughts I my brain rest until I’ve poured the idea out into some kind of digital form. A twitter rant perhaps? Or in this case, a blog post. I grew up on a mountain farm in a very small town. Growing up in such a place sometimes gives you a bit of baggage which will serve you well for the rest of your life.

Denne posten har tittel som en selvhjelpsartikkel, så dere som kjenner meg tenker kanskje jeg har gått helt Kåre Willoch og blitt bløt på mine eldre dager. Dere får bare bære over meg for den cheesy tittelen, den er for å få likes på LinkedIn og bygge kredibilitet i coaching kretser. Jeg begynte i februar 2016 i det som er min tiende jobb siden jeg fikk min første betale jobb som programmerer i 1998.

Jeg hadde utsatt det helt siden åpningen, men idag var min siste dag før jeg begynner på jobb igjen et stykke fra Oslo sentrum. Derfor måtte det bli idag. Å besøke 22. Juli senteret visste jeg kom til å bli en tøff greie. Jeg var ikke dirkete berørt og var så heldig å ikke ha noen nærme som ble drept eller skadet. Likevel å se og lese var utrolig tøft, fremdeles ser jeg bildet av ungdommene i sjøen svømmende for livet.

In December 2014 I embarked on a new adventure. I joined a startup company as a programmer. The company creates a service is called Pelp and is currently only available in Norwegian. The past 6-7 years I’ve been having roles such as Chief Technical Officer, Front-end Architect, Team lead, etc. Each position has been challenging and I’ve learned so much. In fact, I still learn from things I’ve done many years later by looking back at them.

Now, there are naturally harder things than what I’m going to talk about in this post. However, given the context of software development and leading teams this is the hardest. Especially if you’ve gone from being fairly good at the decipline of the people of your team. I have spent a few years being in a position where I lead teams, but recently I stepped down to become a team member.