Rafe ColburnYour interviews shouldn’t be spoilableWe ask a lot of a job interview –– given a few short conversations with a person, we attempt to predict what that person can contribute to…Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020
Rafe ColburnHow we interviewMy friend Lara Hogan posted a template for setting up on-site interviews, and it occurred to me that other engineering managers might find…Mar 12, 20182Mar 12, 20182
Rafe ColburnThe podcasts of 2017Last year was terrible, but podcasts made it less terrible. Here are some of the podcasts that I found the most informative or meaningful…Jan 2, 2018Jan 2, 2018
Rafe ColburnThe grammar of VimI’ve been a vi (and Vim) user for a long time. If you’ve never used Vim, it’s a delightfully anachronistic text editor that runs in a…Aug 29, 2016Aug 29, 2016
Rafe ColburnThe Seven Signs of Dysfunctional Engineering TeamsThis is an updated version of a post I wrote back in 2013 on rc3.org.Aug 21, 2016Aug 21, 2016
Rafe ColburnManagement is not about sorting applesUse of blameless post-mortems is one of the most notable and perhaps most misunderstood aspects of Etsy’s engineering culture. John Allspaw…Aug 6, 2016Aug 6, 2016
