How I Define a Team
21 Sep 2021
Team is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot and sadly often means individuals assigned to work in close proximity. Since I specialize in building teams, I have a very different definition.
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When Abandoning Code Reviews Leads to Better Results
15 Sep 2021
The first time I was on a team that abandoned pull-requests and code reviews was back in 2011. I would keep pushing the groups I was in to do the same because the results were much better than the branch-based code reviews.
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Working in Public: Experiment in Failed Marketing
14 Sep 2021
Tomorrow I’ll formally close on an experiment that I’m willing to call a failure a bit early. Why share all of this? Trying, looking at the results honestly, and moving on is a crucial aspect of building any product.
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One Metric to Start
13 Sep 2021
There are a lot of things to think about when choosing metrics, and most groups tend to get paralyzed debating measures and ultimately measure nothing.
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What Recruiters Don’t Tell You
07 Sep 2021
At some point everyone in tech works with external recruiters, but there are things the recruiter won’t tell you that makes a big difference. They aren’t developers, they change your resume, and they’ve never worked at these places all shape how you should interpret their actions and set expectations.
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An Open Letter to the Agile Industry
31 Aug 2021
I’ve been in the software game for a little over a decade, and I spent most of my time growing my sense and abilities to leverage agility for better results. Sadly, the further I go, the more distance I want from the rest of the agile industry. This article is likely going to ruffle some feathers.