Davis Technology Consulting
My latest course has been released, Programming Foundations: Fundamentals. It’s for people who want to know on a basic level what computer programming is all about. I’m thrilled to have been a part of this monumental project!
We’re adding the use of dynamic feature modules to our app. This will help us to improve build speeds, conditionally include features and decouple our code. As noted previously, we make use of Dagger Multibinding and the Android Job library to handle our background tasks.
When we created our first feature module we ran into an issue when we attempted to move the associated Job classes. Let me walk you through the problem, the solution we settled on and then proposed next steps.
Seven years ago, Zola Electric welcomed its first Android application into the world. It was designed to support our sales and service staff as they went throughout Tanzania introducing solar energy to folks. It served us well.
Since then we’ve grown as a company and our needs have expanded as well. This led us to focus on developing a new Android application which met the following requirements:
I can finally admit it: I was terrified! About three years ago my boss offered me the position of Android Development Manager. There was a flurry of thoughts that ran through my mind:
You get the picture. Despite those thoughts, I reluctantly accepted the offer and within weeks, I quit. I wasn’t ready to be a “manager.” I went back to an individual contributor role and things were “normal” again. At least for a while…
Fast forward to today, I’m the Software Group Lead (Engineering Manager) at my company. I love my new role and the challenges that it brings. Each day is different from the next. You may be wondering, what happened to change my mind? Well, to be honest, it was a gradual process. There was no lightbulb moment, no ah-ha, just small adjustments in my thinking.
If you’re a Tech Lead and you’re wondering: Is management for me? What’s the difference between the two roles? How do I even move into management? I hope this helps.
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