The Intellectual Grunt

When it comes to teamwork and mission execution, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) epitomized this concept. The USMC is the most elite fighting force in the world—and with good reason. Teamwork is the key ingredient to accomplishing any mission, and it's something Marines do very well. After all they've been doing it for over 230 years. Though this, a long tradition has formed a set guiding principles that make the USMC more successful than any other fighting force in the world.

I served for four years and learned that these Corps Principles (pun intended) are a part of me. I have found that I can apply them to my day to day work as a software developer. Doing so has made me and the teams I have worked with more efficient.

I will start to blog about these Corps Principles and how they can be applied to the software development process. Some of what I write will seem like common sense (an uncommon thing in some organizations). There may be a good chance that you will already be practicing them, and are more effective because of it. However, it has been my experience that following these principles will not guarantee success, but not following them will guarantee failure.