FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Finding Managerial Scopelethain.com I was chatting with an engineering manager last week and he mentioned that the jobs he really wants are VP of Engineering roles, but feels that no …
Play buttonSeattle Seahawks These 2 NFL Coaches Reacted Very Differently to Their Players' Mistakes--and Taught Us a Major Lesson in LeadershipInc Magazine - Justin BarisoHow can you build someone up when it counts the most? A lesson from Sunday night's game. Last night's NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks made history--but not in a good way. It
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Mastering Programming | Facebookfacebook.com From years of watching master programmers, I have observed certain common patterns in their workflows. From years of coaching skilled journeyman …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Rackspace Interview Processquerna.org I believe we have built a reasonable and consistent set of best practices for on site interviews at the Rackspace San Francisco office. We learned …
BYOTstripe.com Do you know anyone who makes you incredibly better at what you do? People who motivate and inspire you, complement your strengths and shore up your …
new movie news The One Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hiresmedium.com - ayasin This article is the first in the Tech Hiring & Team Building series. You can find the second installment here. Let’s be real. Interviews are a terrible …
What My Three Years At Netflix Taught Me About Scaling A StartupFast Company - Rich BellisAriel Tseitlin began working on Netflix’s cloud platform in 2011. Here’s what it taught him about culture and high-speed innovation. I joined Netflix at the beginning of 2011, just as the company was the
Becoming a Tech Lead: How I've Balanced Coding with Coachinghubspot.com - swhorton@hubspot.com (Skyler Whorton) In an engineering organization with many small teams, it’s important to develop technical leaders who can be both successful engineers and effective …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo What's awful about being a {software engineer, tech lead, manager}?onebigfluke.com - noreply@blogger.com (Brett Slatkin) I've been building software professionally for over 10 years now. I love what I do and I hope to be an old programmer someday. But along the way, …
Technical Interviews Are Bullshitmodelviewculture.com - by Anonymous Author Last year was my senior year of university, which meant interviewing to try and get a full-time software engineering job. Some of these interviews …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Improving Our Engineering Interview Processfoursquare.com - engbl0g Previous Process and MotivationsUp until a year ago, Foursquare had a very typical interview process for a startup. We started with a phone call …
Employment Unintuitive Things I’ve Learned about Management (Part 1)medium.com - Julie Zhuo I first started managing people seven years ago, three years after I graduated and got my first design job. At the time, I was woefully unqualified. …
Ask the CTO: New manager has a fear of losing a technical edgeoreilly.com - By Camille Fournier A few months ago, I was given the opportunity to run a new team in a growing area of my organization. The company thought I was ready for a bigger …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiestdanluu.com An acquaintance of mine, let’s call him Mike, is looking for work after getting laid off from a contract role at Microsoft, which has happened to a …
Data Modeling Why Should Senior Engineers Balance Trees in an Interview?Forbes - Vivek RavisankarFor nearly as long as companies have hired programmers, managers have asked engineering candidates to solve fundamental algorithm and data structure problems. And for nearly just as long, engineers have
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo What do I do with my time?whilefalse.blogspot.com I'm a new manager, new to both the company I work for and to management. When I joined this company there were several fires for me to help put out, …
Compressing ten years into six monthsjohndcook.com - John The other day I ran across a line from Peter Thiel saying that if you have a plan for where you’d like to be in ten years, ask yourself if you could …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Hiring Engineering Managers: Screening for Potentialwhilefalse.blogspot.com I have been in many discussions on the best way to interview and hire engineering managers. Here are my thoughts, having done this both successfully …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Chaotic Beautiful Snowflakesmedium.com - rands You arrive at work. You sit down at your desk and you scan your inbox for potential disasters. Two mails pique your interest. You write brief …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Shields Downrandsinrepose.com - rands Resignations happen in a moment, and it’s not when you declare, “I’m resigning.” The moment happened a long time ago when you received a random email …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Notes on Startup Engineering Management for Young Bloodswhilefalse.blogspot.com (With apologies to my good friend Jeff Hodges this is a takeoff on Distributed Systems for Young Bloods). I’ve been thinking about the lessons …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo A 101 on 1:1sspotify.com - simonncohen “You just talk to them for half an hour.” That’s the guideline I got when I first joined Spotify for how to run my 1:1s — a recurring half hour …
Onboarding Engineers: How to Tackle the First 30 Dayshubspot.com - Jeff Dwyer When you’re a tech lead, the most important work you do is helping other engineers grow and setting them up for success. That means making sure they …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Manager as Debuggerwhilefalse.blogspot.com I have observed that the best engineering managers I know are often also great debuggers. Why would this be? What is it about these two tasks that …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Truth and Consequences of the Technical Trackwhilefalse.blogspot.com About a year ago, Dan McKinley aka McFunley wrote a bit on the technical track. The piece has stuck in the back of my mind for quite a while, and …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose... What's Missing?whilefalse.blogspot.com I've been thinking a lot about motivation lately. Anyone who has ever managed teams has probably spent some time being alternately perplexed and …
How we ended up with microservices.philcalcado.com When I was at SoundCloud, I was responsible for the migration from a monolithic Ruby on Rails application to a constellation of microservices. I’ve …
What a leader looks likemedium.com - Fidji Simo When you think of a “leader” — who do you see? Many people think of a tall white man in a suit. Long ago, I decided that I wanted to do my part in …
The interim strategytypepad.com - August 18, 2015 We say we want to treat people fairly, build an institution that will contribute to the culture and embrace diversity. We say we want to do things …
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