My Style of Leading Teams

I had a chance to build and lead software teams over a few past years and in this post, I’m going to describe my…

Zdeněk Obst

Nov 16, 2018

On Hiring Developers

I have done so many interviews related to software development positions that I cannot even estimate the count of them…

Zdeněk Obst

Apr 10, 2018

Technology Registry — Radar’s Younger Sibling

The idea of the technology radar based on the pioneering work of ThoughtWorks is…

Zdeněk Obst

Jan 22, 2018

Do Share Experience with Other Companies!

I work in the software development, and last months I had a few days when I could visit other companies to share my experience and get some of theirs. It gave me a lot and this text describes, how it happened, and may motivate you to do the same.

Zdeněk Obst

Sep 25, 2017

(Un)expected Aspects of Being a Team Leader

I know there are hundreds and hundreds of good articles about being a team leader. I found out that a lot of them are too general or not so easily applicable to software development process. In this story, I will give a quick overview of ideas that I…

Horrors of Fixing Windows.

Usually I don’t want to bore the world with stories how I was fixing someone’s computer. However I used so many rude words this time that I feel the story is worth sharing. Send your kids to bed, this horror is not for everyone.

Zdeněk Obst

Aug 3, 2017

About a time

I have been playing with the idea of writing some on my thoughts to the public space for a long time. I somehow feel that I finally accumulated some sort of knowledge and experience that is worth sharing (while not feeling ashamed in the same time).