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Leadership & Management
Human concurrency
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.
How to Be a Better Leader in 2016
Focus on one small change you can make today, and watch as that impact reverberates through the rest of your year.
Technical debt 101
A primer about technical debt, legacy code, big rewrites and ancient wisdom for non technical managers.
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
"It was his way of preventing what he called 'the bozo explosion,' in which managers are so polite that mediocre people feel comfortable sticking around."
44 engineering management lessons
Welcome to engineering management. It’s fun, it’s exhausting, it’s rewarding — but most importantly it’s new! What worked for you before won’t work now. You’ll have to acquire a new set of skills, and shed some bad habits in the process.
How To Manage Employees Who Are Future Founders
You don’t want a team who are going to do things your way, the old way or the generally accepted “right” way. You want a team who are going to do things the best possible way, using the best possible methods and tools. In other words, entrepreneurship.
The Management Concept You Must Know to Lead Effectively
When you’re managing people and developing leaders, there are times you’ll ask them to do things they’ve never done before. It’s essential at these times you become more hands on, even if they’re not asking you to.
Only Slightly Off-Topic
How to Cultivate the Art of Serendipity
Do some people have a special talent for serendipity? And if so, why?
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