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May 18

Team Building is not HR’s Job; It’s a Leader’s Job

Hiring and retaining great talent starts with solid leaders who build great culture and have clear purpose-driven mission. Recently I had the privilege of speaking on Middle Finger Situations a podcast run by two very good friends of mine Courtney Harrison and Alicia Mandel. They talk to irreverent leaders who…

Leadership

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Team Building is not HR’s Job; It’s a Leader’s Job
Team Building is not HR’s Job; It’s a Leader’s Job

Mar 7

The 5 S’s of Lean Software Engineering

What happens when we apply a common Lean technique to software engineering process? In the age of agile & scrum, you don’t really hear about Lean, 6-Sigma, or other practices normally used in manufacturing, largely because software isn’t plagued by manufacturing’s dependency coupling and slow iteration. That doesn’t mean there…

Management

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The 5 S’s of Lean Software Engineering
The 5 S’s of Lean Software Engineering

Feb 11

What Does Engineering Velocity Actually Mean

Developer velocity is one of many metrics on a manager’s dashboard used to indicate the effectiveness of a team, plan, or environment. Many organizations fall into the trap of using Dev Velocity as a key performance indicator (or KPI) for team or individual performance evaluations. Dev Velocity by itself is…

Productivity

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What Does Engineering Velocity Actually Mean
What Does Engineering Velocity Actually Mean

Jan 30

How to Turbo Charge Your Next 360 Review Cycle

Illuminate blind spots for your team and yourself The 360 review is a great methodology for getting honest, crucial feedback to your team, yourself, and your leadership. …

Performance Management

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How to Turbo Charge Your Next 360 Review Cycle
How to Turbo Charge Your Next 360 Review Cycle

Jan 4

Leadership Through Change

It Isn’t Brain Surgery, but Understanding the Brain Will Help! If you’re leading a team, you’re no stranger to the fact that change is inevitable. Your job is to dampen the waves that come from changes so your team so they can focus on the important tactical details of the…

Change Management

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Leadership Through Change
Leadership Through Change

Jan 3

Which of the 5 Types of Power is Right for You?

Choosing the Right Motivation for the Situation If you’re like me and do a lot of influencing without authority, it’s crucial that you know and understand the 5 basic types of power and when you can/should apply them. …

Motivation

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Which of the 5 Types of Power is Right for You?
Which of the 5 Types of Power is Right for You?

Dec 31, 2021

The Art of the One-on-One

A primer for managers, mentors, and senior developers As a senior person in a technical organization, people look to you for leadership and direction. Generally that comes in the form of a “one on one” meeting that happens regularly. One on ones (or 1:1s if you don’t have a lot…

Leadership

4 min read

The Art of the One-on-One
The Art of the One-on-One

Nov 24, 2021

The Rusty Gopher’s Guide to Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes in Rust

A mental backstop for remembering the rules of Rust If you’re coming from a background in a compiled language like I did from Go, you’ll notice that some of the memory semantics of Rust are pretty similar. However, what’s happening under the hood in Rust is a bit different and…

Rust

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The Rusty Gopher’s Guide to Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes in Rust
The Rusty Gopher’s Guide to Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes in Rust

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·Aug 29, 2021

EZ PZ Protected Routes in Svelte

I didn’t spend a lot of time on this one because I didn’t really have to 👍 Seriously though, Svelte is one of those frontend frameworks that makes building single page apps mad easy and I thoroughly enjoyed working with it — more so than React I dare say, mostly…

Svelte

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EZ PZ Protected Routes in Svelte
EZ PZ Protected Routes in Svelte

Aug 28, 2021

Unlimited PTO in Tech is No Longer a Delighter — It’s a Must Have

When a product or service has a feature set that differentiates itself from the competition, we call this a “delighter”. Over time, per the Kano model, things that were delighters gain mass adoption by competitors and customers come to expect these feature sets — ergo they are “must haves”.

Mental Health

7 min read

Unlimited PTO in Tech is No Longer a Delighter — It’s a Must Have
Unlimited PTO in Tech is No Longer a Delighter — It’s a Must Have
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