After more than eight years I have decided to leave Devex and look for new adventures. This is a long time and except for my start-up back in the days, the longest stint at one company for me so far. The world was very different in 2013. The iPhone 5S was released. 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak was starting to get going. Donald J. Trump announced Miss Universe 2013 To Take Place At Crocus City Hall In Moscow. Ruby 2.1.0 was released, so was Rails 4.0.2. On 23 January 2013, under pressure from many of his MPs and from the rise of UKIP, Cameron announced in his Bloomberg speech that a Conservative government would hold an in-or-out referendum on EU membership before the end of 2017. ...

Short and quiet week. I liked the refresher on engineering directors and 1:1s. Leadership Mailbag: Resources for Engineering Directors. - helpful summary of previous articles and book pointers Episode #2: The First Taste of Metrics - continuation of the metrics blog post series One on One Meetings: The Only Guide Managers Need - I get more and more annoyed by the Lighthouse posts, but this one is a good overview ...

Catching up with podcast. The ones about Coaching Habit, Brian Kernighan and The Pedestrian are very good. Leadership Tackling bottlenecks at scale-ups [Podcast] - Podcast with a summary of the idea behind the content I shared recently. How To Do Less - about hard prioritization “First, you need to lower everybody’s expectations, ASAP.” Why greater autonomy is the future of software development - release of the Atlassian State of the Developer Report [PDF] ...

I have to confess that I have been still doom-scrolling Ukraine news.I still have some interesting links and even some fun reads. Leadership The dreaded reorg - “draft your communication plan” is always a good start Dimensions of Power - I didn’t realise companies do private/secret levels. How We’re Helping Our Remote Team Feel More Connected - a lot of common sense, but good summary Engineering An update on recent service disruptions - I love these posts, we should all learn from each others outages ...

Some longer reads and good podcasts about leading and structuring teams. And mostly amusing random links. Leadership The SPACE of Developer Productivity - framework for thinking about developer productivity Refactor → Organisation - story of the reorganisation of BBC’s website team When There’s Doubt, There’s No Doubt: How to Protect Culture and Eliminate Hiring Biases (with Nick Dimitrov, Founder of Bar Raiser) [Podcast] - good strategies for hiring ...