Engineering

I skipped last week because I was on the bicycle. Sorry about the length today and the many podcasts. I had a lot of listening time. Leadership TBM 22/52: The Perfect Manager/Leader - “I see people putting themselves under so much pressure to be the perfect manager or leader.” Radical Candor S4. Ep 7: Radically Candid Conversations — Kim Scott & Russ Laraway [Podcast] - this was a good episode of that podcast. I like that he doesn’t care about the difference between leadership and management any more :-) ...

Bicycle in front of old stone village I am switching to more off-line reading in the coming weeks. I still got a few interesting bits this week. A lot of good summary posts this week. I like the principles and koans one for example. Leadership Job Ads to Hire Software Engineers: My Advice - nothing new here, but good to have it in one place When your coaching questions freak someone out - I never even considered that. Maybe I have been lucky so far. ...

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 ...