Defining roles: CTO and/or VP Engineering

When technical titles get overloaded

Effective Technical Leadership

Most successful projects have a single engineer responsible for driving the project forward while…

Formula for Entrepreneurial Success

Five simple truths

Why your early-stage startup doesn’t need a lead engineer

An exploration of the roles of managers and…

Why your previous developer was terrible

And why your current one seems so amazing

Two Different Mindsets

Or why engineers and business people speak different languages.

The Power of Context in Software Engineering

Or, Where 10x Really Lies

It seems like every single company I’ve worked for, or interacted with, is currently striving to find the “10x” engineer, the rock-star developer, the genius game-changer software…

Learn the Code

As an Engineering Manager, don’t just know your team. Know what they go through.

Defining culture

Engineering values at Coursera

We have been having discussions on the engineering…