One year. May 2024. Back then, we were riding high, celebrating the launch of this Software Engineering Handbook with an amazing trip to Iceland. Five days of glaciers and waterfalls, finally enjoying the fact that we finished up a two year project. We thought we’d cracked it, pouring our hard won experience into a guide for anyone navigating the software […]
This isn’t the first and definitely won’t be the last time I find myself in a conversation about the importance of self check-ins, performance reviews, and all that so-called “reflection” stuff. It’s funny how this mindset shows up at every level. Everyone including people leaders seems to have this fun little idea that they don’t need to take it seriously. […]
I wasn’t around in the 90s, but people who were say it was incredible. If you could code, you were set. Talent was rare. There were opportunities almost everywhere. In the 2000s and early 2010s, that momentum kept going. Engineers climbed fast, management and then director roles in their 30s, big paychecks, life was good. Then came the pandemic, and […]
Lately, Iʼve seen a lot of posts about what employers should do or how they should treat candidates, what benefits they should offer, and how they should run their interviews. I understand where that sentiment comes from. I relate to it too; I’ve been ghosted by recruiters and left without feedback after long interview rounds in the past. These experiences […]
Software development involves both creating and maintaining systems. Once you put anything into production, reliability becomes critical. When your systems are not reliable, you face issues in various ways. If you are a SaaS company, you could lose customers. Nobody wants their business to stop because of your reliability problems. They will go to the competition. In B2C, customers cannot […]