Bread and salt for remote teams — There’s something archetypal about the giving and sharing of food — welcoming guests with bread and salt is after all common in many cultures. When I used to work in an office, I’d occasionally bring donuts to share. Others would make cookies, banana bread, or a loaf of homemade- artisanal-sourdough…

Sleep deprived musings — We talk about teams being the core unit of work in the post-industrial era, but a “team” is a somewhat abstract concept. What is a team really? In terms of gestalt principles, we often use the law of proximity (frontend, backend, product, design). But those categorizations rarely reflect how we…

Guidelines for reviewers, reviewees, and eng managers — I was recently asked to share the code review policy I maintained when working with Medium Engineering. I thought it could be useful to others, so sharing here publicly. Rules All code — with the below exceptions — should be reviewed by at least one other engineer before it is merged…

Stress is a fact of modern life, but the last year has been something else. When stress is unavoidable, what are we to do? — Nearly everyone has been enduring chronic stress of unimaginable levels. And like many, last year I started to feel the pressure physically. The stress of a newborn, stress of figuring out school for a kindergartner, stress of running a startup, stress of political unrest and being gaslit by the government…

Thoughts on the post-COVID workplace and how hybrid teams will become the new normal. — When we pitched Range in 2017 we didn’t even talk about remote work. It was part of the thesis, but we quickly found that investors were skeptical about the efficacy of remote teams, and didn’t see the market potential. …

Hoping for a great sea-change — Since 2014 I’ve published a Year In Review post on New Year’s Day. They’ve always been rose-tinted reflections; an instagram-filtered look at the year. But as I sit down to summarize 2020 I have a sense of cognitive dissonance. Trying to reflect on the positive moments during this hardest of…

Keep on moving — I’ve been publishing these Year In Review posts since 2014. They started as a way to reflect on the things that happened outside of work, mostly for myself, but also for family and friends. This year I feel like I should be reflecting on the decade — or on having…

A collection of essential books that meaningfully affected our team — The team here at Range are notorious book worms and we regularly get asked for recommendations. Below I’ve shared some of our favorites, intended for people interested in becoming a better leader, improving team effectiveness, and learning how to make work more humane. Fundamentals Leadership is its own craft, not simply…