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Software Engineering is a Loser’s Game

Software Engineering is a Loser’s Game

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From Engineer to Tech Lead - Doubts and Challenges

From Engineer to Tech Lead - Doubts and Challenges

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Ultimate Tools for Developers 🛠

Ultimate Tools for Developers 🛠

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Lessons from a Tech Lead: Roles, responsibilities, and words of advice

Lessons from a Tech Lead: Roles, responsibilities, and words of advice

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Three Tips for Managing Impostor Syndrome

Three Tips for Managing Impostor Syndrome

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How to Manage Programmers Without Losing Your Damn Mind

How to Manage Programmers Without Losing Your Damn Mind

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How to speak at conferences when you’re scared of public speaking

How to speak at conferences when you’re scared of public speaking

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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Technical Blog Posts

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Technical Blog Posts

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What I Look for When Hiring Senior Software Engineers

What I Look for When Hiring Senior Software Engineers

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Book notes: Becoming a Technical Leader

Book notes: Becoming a Technical Leader

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Show your leadership skills, even if you're not leading a team

Show your leadership skills, even if you're not leading a team

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How to Improve Knowledge Sharing In Your Engineering Org. (and beyond)

How to Improve Knowledge Sharing In Your Engineering Org. (and beyond)

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What does a Tech Lead do?

What does a Tech Lead do?

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How to Transition From Being a Software Engineer to an Engineering Manager

How to Transition From Being a Software Engineer to an Engineering Manager

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Closing a chapter at GitHub

Closing a chapter at GitHub

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10 Things I Wish I’d Learned Sooner After Being a Developer for 10 Years

10 Things I Wish I’d Learned Sooner After Being a Developer for 10 Years

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My Most Embarrassing Mistakes as a Programmer

My Most Embarrassing Mistakes as a Programmer

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What a 20 Year Career in Tech Has Taught Me About Getting Promoted

What a 20 Year Career in Tech Has Taught Me About Getting Promoted

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Software architecture isn't about big design up front

Software architecture isn't about big design up front

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Delegating Effectively as a Tech Lead

Delegating Effectively as a Tech Lead

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Accidental Leadership in Open Source

Accidental Leadership in Open Source

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How to learn in public

How to learn in public

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Managing Hybrid Teams 5

Managing Hybrid Teams 5

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How to make an impact as a developer advocate

How to make an impact as a developer advocate

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Managing Hybrid Teams 2

Managing Hybrid Teams 2

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How to Boost Emotional Intelligence to Become a Better Leader

How to Boost Emotional Intelligence to Become a Better Leader

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Managing Hybrid Teams 3

Managing Hybrid Teams 3

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Managing Hybrid Teams 1

Managing Hybrid Teams 1

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How to Support Early-Career Developers

How to Support Early-Career Developers

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UI Developers are still underestimated

UI Developers are still underestimated

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Distributing Challenge: On Building Highly Engaged Teams

Distributing Challenge: On Building Highly Engaged Teams

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DevOps vs SRE: What's The Difference?

DevOps vs SRE: What's The Difference?

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Leadership And Company Hierarchy

Leadership And Company Hierarchy

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How I Mentor Junior Software Engineers

How I Mentor Junior Software Engineers

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Engineering Ladder - Being in The Middle Sucks?

Engineering Ladder - Being in The Middle Sucks?

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The Art of Project Management - part 1

The Art of Project Management - part 1

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What it takes to be a great Lead Engineer

What it takes to be a great Lead Engineer

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Avoiding Burn Out as a Web Developer

Avoiding Burn Out as a Web Developer

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What mass layoffs, cancelled projects and chinese farmers can teach us about resiliency.

What mass layoffs, cancelled projects and chinese farmers can teach us about resiliency.

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Learning faster with Cone of Learning

Learning faster with Cone of Learning

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When should you ask for help? Tips from a senior developer.

When should you ask for help? Tips from a senior developer.

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Curing the Superhero syndrome in software engineering

Curing the Superhero syndrome in software engineering

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The Principle Behind the Practice: Understanding why we do the things we do

The Principle Behind the Practice: Understanding why we do the things we do

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On the differences between being a tech lead and a senior engineer

On the differences between being a tech lead and a senior engineer

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Stand-Up 2.0: It’s Time To Ditch The Daily From 1993

Stand-Up 2.0: It’s Time To Ditch The Daily From 1993

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Ten lessons from twelve years of AWS

Ten lessons from twelve years of AWS

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How to conduct effective 1-1 meetings

How to conduct effective 1-1 meetings

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Soft Skills is the Edge For Developer Career

Soft Skills is the Edge For Developer Career

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Engineers don’t have to be bad at communication: how I successfully learned communication skills

Engineers don’t have to be bad at communication: how I successfully learned communication skills

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Yes, Type Safety is awesome, but have you tried psychological safety?

Yes, Type Safety is awesome, but have you tried psychological safety?

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Promoted From Dev To Team Lead: 8 Things They Didn’t Tell Me

Promoted From Dev To Team Lead: 8 Things They Didn’t Tell Me

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How a single priority makes your tech team more productive

How a single priority makes your tech team more productive

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Readme's - more than only tech instructions

Readme's - more than only tech instructions

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Dropping the Agenda: A Road to Effective Leadership

Dropping the Agenda: A Road to Effective Leadership

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There Will Always Be More Work

There Will Always Be More Work

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OKRs from a development team’s perspective

OKRs from a development team’s perspective

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9 Things I’ve Learned About Software Development Management

9 Things I’ve Learned About Software Development Management

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Show, Don't Tell: A Story of Management.

Show, Don't Tell: A Story of Management.

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My First Six Months as a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD

My First Six Months as a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD

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5 Habits of Great Software Engineers

5 Habits of Great Software Engineers

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