Over the years, I’ve interviewed many candidates. One crucial skill that often gets overlooked is operational reflexes during oncalls. Surprisingly, few companies test for this, yet it’s a capability that greatly distinguishes engineers. There is a gap in interviewing. Some of the candidates excel in code interviews and system design but not on the operational side of things. Sometimes, they effectively play the system without real operational…
Leave a CommentTag: Engineering Best Practices
In software development, I believe engineering health is a term that deserves attention and strategic focus. Sustainable software development is not just about the code we write or the features we ship; it’s about a proactive commitment to the underlying health of our engineering processes. Allocating 20-25% of our resources to engineering health has always been my preference. At this point, I feel like it is a…
Leave a Comment