Han-Shen (Han) YuanBe authenticI’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they’re real I’ve been living so long with my pictures of…Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Han-Shen (Han) YuanWhy you should make your management principles transparentI’ve always regarded myself as a personable leader who demonstrates through my actions that I will invest time on my team. Yet, as my…Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Han-Shen (Han) YuanBeing a team, or being a family? Why I strive to make the groups I lead be bothNetflix, where I once worked, remains for me the gold standard for corporate cultures. Like others who joined Netflix, the siren song of…Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Han-Shen (Han) YuanI lead engineers for a living, so how technical should I be?Being a great engineer is a different job than leading great teams of engineers. Software engineers, as an example, are primarily…Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Han-Shen (Han) YuanWhy employee retention is an outcome and not a goalEmployee retention is a complex topic. If you search employee retention on Google, you’ll find hundreds of thousands of articles on how to…Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Han-Shen (Han) YuanOn Leading Managers vs. Leading Individual ContributorsIn 2012, I read a guest blog post by Joel Spolsky at AVC (Fred Wilson’s blog) about the purpose of the management team in a software…Feb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Han-Shen (Han) YuanThree Traits I Look for in Software Hires That Have Never Failed MeIn my career, I’ve interviewed countless software development engineers and software development engineers in test (SDET). At one point, I…Dec 6, 2016Dec 6, 2016