Always be quitting - jmmv.dev
jmmv.dev/2021/04/always-be-quitting.htmlA good philosophy to live by at work is to “always be quitting”. No, don’t be constantly thinking of leaving your job 😱. But act as if you might leave on short notice 😎. Counterintuitively, this will make you a better engineer and open up growth opportunities. A thread 👇.
An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding | by Camille Fournier | Jun, 2021 | Medium
skamille.medium.com/an-incomplete-list-of-skills-senior-engineers-need-beyond-coding-8ed4a521b29fFor 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.
Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer - haseeb qureshi
haseebq.com/my-ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/When the story of how I landed a job at Airbnb went viral, I was surprised at how infatuated people were with my negotiations. Media stories portrayed me as some kind of master negotiator—a wily ex...
HRIS Employee Management Software | Humaans
humaans.io/The fastest way to onboard and manage your staff. Mobile first, perfect for remote and distributed teams, and takes 1 minute to get up and running.
Staying on the path to high performing teams. | Irrational Exuberance
lethain.com/durably-excellent-teams/As a caveat, the system fix is to hire net-new people, increasing the overall capacity of the company. Sometimes folks instead attempt to capture more resources from existing company, and I’m pretty negative on that. People are not fungible, and generally folks end up in useful places, so I’m skeptical of reassigning existing folks to drive optimality. By nature, it’s also impossible for this kind of discussion to not become political, even when everyone involved has deep trust and r...
How to give a great product design portfolio presentation
brianlovin.com/writing/how-to-give-a-great-product-design-portfolio-presentationMy tips and strategies for delivering a great product design portfolio presentation.
If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work
hbr.org/2016/12/if-your-boss-could-do-your-job-youre-more-likely-to-be-happy-at-workTechnical competence matters for managers.
How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects
howtodeal.dev/Software is easy. People are hard.
Know your “One Job”, continued – charity.wtf
charity.wtf/2021/03/09/know-your-one-job-continued/Holy macaroni batman, I was not expecting that post to ignite a shitstorm. It felt like a pretty straightforward observation: you were hired to do a job, you should do your best to do that job. Interestingly, the response was almost universally positive for the first 8 hours or so. But then the tide began…
What does sponsorship look like? | Lara Hogan
larahogan.me/blog/what-sponsorship-looks-like/Illustration by Catt Small
Things your manager might not know
jvns.ca/blog/things-your-manager-might-not-know/Things your manager might not know
My Engineering Values | Mike McQuaid
mikemcquaid.com/2020/12/15/my-engineering-values/I’ve been encouraged by a mentor to think about what my core (engineering) values are (in the context of being recently promoted to be a “staff engineer” and having my eyes on being a “principal engineer” one day). This felt like something that could be of wider interest so here we go:
Five Tips for Creating a Fantastic UX Résumé | by Jessica Ivins | Medium
medium.com/@jessicaivins/five-tips-for-creating-a-fantastic-ux-r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-51e7350cc2a2The first thing our students learn about résumés at Center Centre is this: The primary goal of a résumé is to get you a job interview. Using that goal as a guide, I worked with the Center Centre…