Engineering Leadership

Learn the Code

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

Why Engineers Hate your Job Specs

How to weaponize your shitty job postings

One of the main problems I see today in software engineering hiring is the way job specifications are written. The problem is, they often barely resemble specifications at…

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…

Why your previous developer was terrible

And why your current one seems so amazing

Ideas Prioritization: Agile Approach 

CTO Tips From the Trenches

Imagine you have a list of ideas you and your team came up with. Now you need to pick one. Or prioritize them. How would you go about doing it? The technique described below will help save you…

Defining roles: CTO and/or VP Engineering

When technical titles get overloaded

8 Team Leadership Tips for Startups

CTO Tips From the Trenches