Management 21 Oct 2023 · 3 min read The Power of the Peer Squad: How to Beat Manager Loneliness I stumbled on a rather old post by Ian Bicking, who just started working as an engineering manager at Mozilla at the time. He was feeling lonely and isolated in Read more
Management 20 Oct 2023 · 5 min read Beyond Finger-Pointing: Lead with Systems Thinking Will Larson, the author of “The Elegant Puzzle” I’m reading now, tells an interesting story in his book. He recalls how he found himself in a tough spot after Read more
Scaling 13 Oct 2023 · 3 min read All Hands on Deck: Rapidly Scaling Engineering to Stay Afloat Scaling an engineering team in as requirements pile up is a challenging feat. With a hockey-stick user growth, engineering managers feel like drowning trying to balance non-stop requests for new Read more
Management 12 Oct 2023 · 4 min read The Dark Side of the Hero Engineer I was reading the book “An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management” by Will Larson today and stumbled upon a definition of the “hero engineer” problem in software development. It’ Read more
Management 11 Oct 2023 · 3 min read Turning Around a Troubled Talent We’ve all encountered the “Jeff” in our careers — the talented engineer who creates as many problems as he solves. I recently came across an interesting Reddit post describing a Read more
Management 10 Oct 2023 · 5 min read When Good Enough is Good Enough: Avoid Getting Stuck as an Software Engineer As software engineers, we all want to write the best code possible. Along the way, it’s easy to get carried away in search of perfection and lose sight of Read more
Management 9 Oct 2023 · 4 min read Control Freak's Guide to Empowering Your Team During my first years as a CTO, I was a control freak. I wanted to be involved in every engineering decision — from reviewing pull requests to picking out frameworks. I Read more
CTO 8 Oct 2023 · 5 min read The Stressful Leap from Engineer to CTO You know who the best managers are? They’re the great individual contributors who never, ever want to be a manager, but decide they want to be a manager, because Read more
Management 7 Oct 2023 · 5 min read Connecting the Dots: Why You Need One-on-Ones When managers invest in quality one-on-one time, projects run better, developers feel supported, and people stick around longer. Regularly connecting with the team is extremely important for the success of Read more
Management 4 Oct 2023 · 3 min read Coding Rockstars vs. Team Values: Bridging the Technical Divide I recently came across an interesting story on the web highlighting some of the common challenges teams face when bringing on new senior developers. In this case, a senior dev Read more
Quitting 2 Oct 2023 · 4 min read Quiet Quitting: No One Wants to Work Hard for Nothing Ben, a friend of mine, has been ‘quiet quitting’ his job for the past few months. It means he does what is required in the job description and nothing more. Read more
Management 1 Oct 2023 · 4 min read Why Crunching Doesn’t Work: A CTO’s View Years ago, when I was still new to the role of a CTO, I interviewed Sam, an experienced project manager with an impressive resume. He had overseen major initiatives at Read more
Management 11 Aug 2023 · 2 min read The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had: Delegation There’s something about the age of 23 that sticks in my memory. Sleep? A mere 4–6 hours a day. I was running two startups, juggling freelance work, and Read more
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