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Developer to Manager: Founder Interview
An interview with Siddhant Goel, founder of Developer to Manager, an excellent resource for recently promoted engineering managers.
Engineering Management: The Pendulum on the Ladder
Is it necessary to swing the pendulum between management and engineering roles to remain a competent technical leader?
What books do you recommend for the new CTO?
The best books to read as a new engineering manager or CTO of a small but growing product team reporting directly to the CEO.
Code Review Review is the Manager's Job
Code review is such a high value, high leverage team activity that every manager should ensure the process is done well.
How Should Managers Code?
The interesting question isn't 'should managers code?' but instead how and why should managers code.
Happy 10th Birthday Pull Requests!
A quick braindump of the year primarily to test out the new blogging feature I built for my site.
Developers On Call
Developers not on call benefit from a status quo that is both morally questionable and ultimately unhelpful for software quality.
Book Review: One Strategy
I spent a year reading this book and if you manage products or engineers you should too.
Three flavours of iteration
A quick braindump of the year primarily to test out the new blogging feature I built for my site.
2017 In Review
A quick braindump of the year primarily to test out the new blogging feature I built for my site.