Amiga 1000 Short and quiet week. I liked the refresher on engineering directors and 1:1s. LeadershipMailbag: 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. LeadershipTackling 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." ...
I have to confess that I have been still doom-scrolling Ukraine news. I still have some interesting links and even some fun reads. LeadershipThe 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 ...
The war is on my mind, but not in my links. I enjoyed the podcast about bad bosses and the discussion about time in the last article. Leadership Bottlenecks of Scaleups - new blog series that looks very promising Applying Product Thinking to Slack’s Internal Compute Platform - that is probably one problem of some platform teams: they don't treat their internal users as customers and the platform as a product. ...
abandoned warehouse Most of what I read this week was related to the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. But I have nothing to add or to share about it. Lets hope that this gets resolved soon and Ukraine prevails. LeadershipThe State Of Burnout In Tech - results of surveying lots of tech professionals. As far as I am aware I suffered burnout three times in my career. They come in different severities and durations. I might have missed or ignored some of the smaller ones. The survey also comes with an risk assessment tool. ...