linkding

Be a thermostat, not a thermometer | Lara Hogan

#advice #leadership #management #psychology | <blockquote>As I’ve learned more about how humans interact with one another at work, I’ve been repeatedly reminded that we are very easily influenced by the mood of those around us. It’s usually not even something we do consciously; we just see someone using a different tone of voice or shifting their body language, and something deep in our brain notices it. </blockquote>

1 year ago | View Shared by victor
Systems: What does a board of directors do? - Anil Dash

#advice #business #management #toread | <blockquote>At a practical level, boards function by having regular meetings (these will usually be on a quarterly basis), being responsive if there are urgent or emergency meetings or decisions that need to be made, and getting regular briefings on the operations of the organization both during board meetings and at other times as the need arises. The level of obligation and time commitment can vary a lot, as a new organization that's just starting up, or a company that's going through somethin...

1 year ago | View Shared by victor
How to plan? | Kellan Elliott-McCrea

#advice #management #planning #strategy #work | <blockquote>Let’s also set aside the question of trade-offs for the moment, except to say, trade-offs are the very heart of engineering and engineering leadership. Software as a medium is so malleable that functionally anything can be made to work. Any language, architecture, approach, style, process, etc can be made to work given sufficient effort. Meaning we find ourselves not asked to choose between right and wrong answers, but between trade-offs. </blockquote>

3 years ago | View Shared by victor
AddyOsmani.com - Software Engineering - The Soft Parts

#advice #career #culture #developer #jobs #management | <blockquote>Today I will share some of the software engineering soft skills I have learned from my first 10 years on Google Chrome, where I am a Senior Staff Engineering...</blockquote>

3 years ago | View Shared by victor
How To Do Less

#advice #decision #management #productivity | <blockquote>You probably need to do fewer things right now. Prioritization, the other definition There’s two loose definitions of prioritization. Prioritization(1): Ordering a todo list. You make a giant list of things you could do, things you should do, things you’d like to do… and then you put a unique number...</blockquote>

3 years ago | View Shared by victor
The Biggest Mistake I See Engineers Make – Zach's Engineering Handbook

#advice #development #learning #management #mentorship

3 years ago | View Shared by victor
An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding | by Camille Fournier | Jun, 2021 | Medium

#advice #career #engineering #management #programming #skills | <blockquote>For varying levels of seniority, from senior, to staff, and beyond.. “An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding” is published by Camille Fournier.</blockquote>

4 years ago | View Shared by victor
Competitive Analysis For Product Engineers | Stay SaaSy

#advice #analysis #business #management #products #requirements | <blockquote>In my experience, most professional software engineers in industry have little to no experience doing competitive analysis. That’s a shame, because competitive analysis is one of the most useful skills that an engineer can have.</blockquote>

4 years ago | View Shared by victor
Questions to ask in a job interview that reveal company culture

#advice #career #culture #interview #interviewing #management

4 years ago | View Shared by victor
So you've made a mistake and it's public... - Meta

#advice #apologies #community #management #psychology #publicity

5 years ago | View Shared by victor

LINKDING

Shared bookmarks

User

Tags