I want to write posts that speak to anyone interested in tech. I want to limit the effects of my bias and do my small part to make the tech industry more inclusive and welcoming. Writing code and managing technology as a profession is hard enough as it is, we should be doing everything we… Continue reading Writing Inclusive Articles
I try to keep my more personal, non-tech-related musings on my personal blog at scottpantall.wordpress.com but it’s important to me that I share this as much as possible. My friend, Lewis Imperiale, died early in the morning of October 20th, 2020 after getting sick with the coronavirus. He was 40 years old. Please donate to… Continue reading Eulogy For My Friend, Lewis Imperiale
One of the best questions a leader can ask people they are leading is “What can I do for you?” Unfortunately, without a burning desire for a specific thing to happen this is a really difficult question for anyone to answer. So when the Lead Engineer on my team, the Engineering Manager, or the founders… Continue reading What do I expect from my leadership in my tech startup?
It seems like anyone with a personal blog that is over a year old has lulls in the amount we publish and those lulls can only be ended with the obligatory “I’m Blogging Again” blog post. We do this because we feel weird just saying something after a long period of relative silence and mostly… Continue reading The Obligatory “I’m Blogging Again” Blog Post
Taking time to take care of myself makes me better in my roles. I need to repeat this so that I continue to believe it because it’s easy for me to feel selfish for doing these things. This is another week that I sit down to write without publishing anything. Last week was cuz of… Continue reading Time For Self Makes For Better Time With Others
I had a feeling when I moved my Colorado Tech Weekly series to its own site, the amount of content I would create for this site would drop dramatically. It does not feel good to be right about this, but it does feels good to be contributing blog posts to my site again! When I… Continue reading Taking Time For Mindful Personal Professional Development
Want to write easy content for your blog? Take one subject and write 4 blog posts about that one subject. Want to squeeze one more blog out of that onion of an idea? Take that idea and those 4 blog posts and put them all into one post to make it easier for people to… Continue reading Denver Startup Week 2018 Review
Denver Startup Week is an aptly named week long convention about startups and technology in Denver, Colorado. Two of the coolest things about Denver Startup Week is that it’s free to attend and it takes place in different locations throughout downtown Denver. 2018 was the first year I was able to participate in Denver Startup… Continue reading Denver Startup Week 2018 Review (Day 4): Improv, Art, Startup Founders and Inspiration
Denver Startup Week is an aptly named week long convention about startups and technology in Denver, Colorado. Two of the coolest things about Denver Startup Week is that it’s free to attend and it takes place in different locations throughout downtown Denver. 2018 was the first year I was able to participate in Denver Startup… Continue reading Denver Startup Week 2018 Review (Day 3): Meeting People Again, Not Asking Questions and Ibotta’s QA Strategy
Denver Startup Week is an aptly named week long convention about startups and technology in Denver, Colorado. Two of the coolest things about Denver Startup Week is that it’s free to attend and it takes place in different locations throughout downtown Denver. 2018 was the first year I was able to participate in Denver Startup… Continue reading Denver Startup Week 2018 Review (Day 2): First Job Search, ReactJS, Hunters, Gatherers and Developer Keynote