How to run an off-site

Experiences on how to organize and run a great, motivating and successful off-site.

Professional blocker, tackler and cheerleader

Lessons from an engineering manager

Managing introverts

Last year, a lot of digital ink was dedicated on a newly popular term, ambiverts. On the introvert/extrovert spectrum, ambiverts are like Belgium. They are neither as exciting as Italy, nor as plain as Sweden. Ambiverts are the Michael Bloomberg of American politics. They are smacked in the…

The wisdom of the 3 S’s

I was ready to face a large group of Boeing engineers, who had flown in from various sites. In total, there were going to be close to 70 people in attendance. They were all ready to pull my piece of software apart. This was, after all, a critical design review meeting. This final review…

Do you have a second?

It has happened to me on multiple occasions. Either as I am packing up to go home, or as I was walking out for lunch. An employee will catch me and casually ask me if I have a second. Or they may ask me if I have five minutes.

Skippers — Number Seven

Skippers are a curated set of articles I found interesting. I originally shared a similar set of articles with some…

Skippers -Number one

Skippers — Number one

Skippers — Number Three

Skippers are a curated set of articles I found interesting. I originally shared a similar set of articles with some…

Parting words of wisdom

Food for thought

On Thursday morning, I run our weekly R&D meeting. This is our one hour synch up meeting with the entire team. The majority of the team is in our headquarters in Sunnyvale. We also have folks tune in using video conferencing from our…