16 posts tagged with "leadership"
Career Growth Switchbacks
May 28, 2024 | 5 minutes reading time
Navigating your career progression is tricky. Viewing your path as a series of skill development switchbacks can help bring some clarity
One Key to Better Software: Improving the Developer Experience
December 19, 2023 | 9 minutes reading time
All the software design in the world doesn't matter if devs can't easily and safely contribute code.
Show Don't Tell
November 07, 2023 | 5 minutes reading time
A better way to gain buy-in and effect change.
Micro-habits of Great Engineers
October 09, 2023 | 6 minutes reading time
Habits are a key part of building our identity and making it easy to do the right thing. These are some habits from great engineers that do just that.
What's the Point of Blameless Postmortems?
May 08, 2023 | 6 minutes reading time
The way we respond to incidents says a lot about our culture. Are are we learning from our mistakes and accidents or creating a culture of fear?
Tuckman, Teams, and Bruce Lee
April 23, 2023 | 7 minutes reading time
Be like water.
Accomplishing Through Others
February 28, 2023 | 5 minutes reading time
Accomplishing goals through others is an important aspect when moving from a invidiviual contributor to a leader (as a manager, director, or Staff+ role, etc.) But how do you do so? Here are four ways I've been finding success in my own career.
Be Willing to Change Your Mind
November 19, 2022 | 4 minutes reading time
Changing your mind isn't neccesarily bad thing. Nor is it a sign of weakness. It might even be a sign of strength.
Stay Close to the Code
July 18, 2022 | 5 minutes reading time
As we grow in our careers, we can't get too far away from the code. At least, not too quickly.
Surviving Opinion Whiplash
May 27, 2022 | 5 minutes reading time
Everyone has an opinion about how to do anything in the software industry. This is how you can survive the whiplash of running in one direction and then be told to run the opposite direction
The Technical Debt Snowball
April 14, 2022 | 8 minutes reading time
Paying down debt via small wins can create a huge impact.
Some Thoughts on Thought Leadership
March 14, 2022 | 5 minutes reading time
Let's listen in, but still think critically.
The Importance of Vision as a Developer
February 17, 2022 | 5 minutes reading time
How to set a direction and build motivation as a software leader.
My Top Takeaways from Team Topologies
December 13, 2021 | 5 minutes reading time
The most important things I learned from the popular book and how I'm trying to apply them.
Let's Talk About Trust
August 10, 2021 | 4 minutes reading time
Trust is really important, but often illusive. How do we build it on our teams to help oursleves build great software?
On Sustainable Software Development
July 11, 2020 | 4 minutes reading time
“Hero” programming only lasts so long.