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Management, 2 Years Later
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy — Book Report
About a month ago I started working on a project where I had to help formulate a technical strategy for a very large project, so I thought…
John Chow
Oct 18, 2020
Slowing Down
Slowing Down
The biggest lesson learned is to slow down and truly embrace being a curious novice again.
John Chow
Dec 7, 2019
Small Startup vs Big Company
It’s been over 6 months since I’ve joined Stripe, and it’s been a really wild journey. In our recent Stripe Sessions, we announced during…
John Chow
Nov 3, 2019
Working Agreement and Definition of Done
How defining your team’s values can foster psychological safety and improve team performance.
John Chow
Aug 31, 2019
One Thing I’ve Learned @ Reflektive
One Thing I’ve Learned @ Reflektive
A coworker of mine asked me what I’ve learned during my time at Reflektive. One profound lesson: the power of empathy.
John Chow
Apr 14, 2019
Why I’m Joining Stripe! — And Going Back to an IC Role
Why I’m Joining Stripe! — And Going Back to an IC Role
In 2015, I was in a startup, Fundly, that was going through an acquisition process. In the last 6 months I was there, I was playing the…
John Chow
Mar 22, 2019
M2YL — Measuring Team Performance
M2YL — Measuring Team Performance
High performing scrum teams can’t solely be measured by business metrics in startups
John Chow
Mar 1, 2019
M2YL— Objective, Critical Thinking of People (Pt. 3)
M2YL— Objective, Critical Thinking of People (Pt. 3)
How I started thinking critically of other people in an objective, productive and healthy way
John Chow
Nov 4, 2018
When does having a CS background make sense?
When does having a CS background make sense?
In the end of a recent interview with a junior-level candidate for Reflektive, the dev bootcamp grad asked me:
John Chow
Sep 15, 2018
Management, Two Years Later — Values (Pt. 2)
Note: This is part 2 of a series of posts talking about my experiences and learnings the last two years. You can find the rest of the…
John Chow
Jul 15, 2018
Management, Two Years Later — The Role (Pt. 1)
Note: This is part of a series of posts talking about my experiences and learnings the last two years. You can find the rest of the series…
John Chow
May 30, 2018
Why I’m Becoming An Engineering Manager @ Teespring
Why I’m Becoming An Engineering Manager @ Teespring
I love writing software because I truly believe in the cliché that software can change the world. In the last 30 years, technology…
John Chow
Sep 20, 2015
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