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Leadership & Management
The Process Myth
On the list of ways to generate a guaranteed negative knee-jerk reaction from an engineer, I offer a single word: process.
Congratulations! You’ve Been Fired
"At HubSpot, the software company where I worked for almost two years, when you got fired, it was called 'graduation.' "
Agile is Dead, Long Live Continuous Delivery
The word Agile has come to be somewhat meaningless, which is why it’s time to move on from it.
The Design Management Office: Delivering the Value of Design at Scale
Congratulations, you’ve hired 1,000 designers. What’s next?
Do you have the management debt mindset?
If left unchecked, many problems can spiral out of control and become costly management debt
Reddit and Facebook Veteran On How to Troubleshoot Troublemakers
“When I first started managing engineers, I became a different kind of troublemaker. I thought my job was to get people to do stuff for me. That really shook the beehive. Instead of focusing on how someone was going to get something done for me, I should have been figuring out how we were all going to do something together.”
F*** You, I Quit — Hiring Is Broken
"Disclaimer: This is a story about my interview experience in the tech industry. No personal names will be used to preserve anonymity. The title refers to the industry as a whole, not to any particular company."
Only Slightly Off-Topic
The Minimalist Programmer
I want my projects focused, and tidy. I want every line of code to be able to justify its existence, and work multiple jobs, too.
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