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9 More Books All Engineering Managers Should Read
Surprise, they published more books since my last list!
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What to do when you're told you work too slow
Speed of work is extremely subjective.
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Giving Space To Take Risks (#18 - 8/4/23)
What was the last risk you took at work? Were you trying out a new technology, a new process, or giving someone more responsibility than you thought…
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How Long Should You Wait Before Giving Difficult Feedback To Someone?
Not long at all.
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Career Progression and Goals Template - Core Competency Quadrants
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Talent Dysmorphia (#11 - 4/13/23)
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A Weird Way To Nail Difficult Conversations At Work
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A Weird Way To Nail Difficult Conversations At Work
Role-play. That’s it. That’s the entire post. Thanks for reading, see ya later. “I’ve learned that if you plan for every variable, a happy outcome…
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Ultimate Guide to Incident Response Plans for Product Engineering Orgs [Free Template]
Unless you’re in a company that never releases software, you will, at some point in the future, deal with an incident. No one knows the day or the hour…
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Stepping Back To Step Forward (#17 - 6/15/23)
This week I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the future. Roadmapping for the second half of the year, trying to determine where to make big bets…
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More Teaching, Less Doing (#16 - 6/8/23)
No, this isn’t an ad for Home Depot (Less Talking, More Doing), it’s the lesson that I’m finally learning in my career. Not learning per say, but…
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My Optimal Software Engineering Interview Process Template
No two interviewing pipelines are the same, but with this straightforward template, you can at least have a jumping-off point.
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Welcoming A Challenge (#15 - 5/18/23)
How often do you ask for feedback? When you’re given feedback how often do you change what you’re doing based on that feedback? I love asking my teams…
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How Good Is Good Enough? (#14 - 5/11/23)
In your day-to-day, how good is good enough? Spoiler alert and cop-out answer, it depends. The answer is different per person, per situation, and per…
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Meetings on My Mind (#13 - 5/4/23)
🎼 How do you solve a problem like Ma-meeeeeetiiiiings? Many have thought about it, many have come up with certain strategies to combat the dreaded…
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Exploring the Curious Case of Compliment Sandwiches
I was chatting with someone yesterday on preferred ways to deliver and receive critical feedback. It seems like any time critical feedback comes up…
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