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Performance Review Time!

HELP HELP HELP!!!!

5 min readJan 17, 2024

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Performance Review Time!

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Good Developer / Great Developer / Exceptional Developer

Many developers toe the line between mediocre and good, but what is the difference between a good and great developer? Let’s explore this…

5 min readJan 7, 2024

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Managing Time off (PTO)

You have a tough decision to make: do you approve or deny your employees’ time off? This request tends to arrive either by email or direct…

6 min readDec 24, 2023

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Engineering Manager — Five MORE things I’ve learned

Learning is a never ending task in the software industry. You could even say it’s job number one. Here are five more things that I’ve…

6 min readDec 16, 2023

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Engineering Manager — Five MORE things I’ve learned

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Take charge of your career

The number one mistake I see so many people making is this: They’re not actively in the driver’s seat of their own career.

6 min readDec 11, 2023

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Managing Full-Stack and Split-Stack teams

Whether to assemble a team of full-stack developers or move toward a split-stack method involving front-end and back-end engineers is a…

6 min readDec 6, 2023

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Managing Full-Stack and Split-Stack teams

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Technical Debt -or- why is this feature taking so long?

Technical debt — or when simple changes take way, way too long to complete. In this article we’ll explore three causes and what you can…

6 min readDec 5, 2023

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Technical Debt -or- why is this feature taking so long?

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Five lessons I learned to move up to Senior Software Engineer

The lessons in this article will help new or mid-level developers understand what is needed to move up to Senior Software Engineer. These…

7 min readDec 3, 2023

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Five lessons I learned to move up to Senior Software Engineer

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Introduction to Basic Office Politics

Politics in the workplace is unavoidable.

6 min readDec 1, 2023

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Introduction to Basic Office Politics

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Working Together: Engineering Manager / Product Owner / Technical Lead

There are many guides that explain what each role does, but how do you actually work with other roles on your team? This guide is aimed at…

10 min readNov 29, 2023

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Mike Sage

Mike Sage

I've been in the software industry for 30+ years as a passionate Engineering Manager, Software Engineer, Scrum Master, and Project Manager.

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