Bookmarks tagged “management”
62 bookmarks tagged “management”
Why office workers are turning against AI
Whether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.
Our First Moves to Get AI Spend Under Control - The JetBrains Blog
Over the past six months at JetBrains, our AI development expenses have increased roughly 10x. When the costs started rising, of course we noticed – and realized that we simply didn't know how to control them systematically.
The truth about being a manager
I vividly remember most of my own journey into engineering management over the years. Throughout my career, I’ve also mentored several people taking the step from engineer to engineering manager. It’s a challenging and often lonely journey, and here are a few truths most new mana
How strong engineers break the rules and get away with it
8 lessons from tech leadership on scaling teams and AI - Stack Overflow
What we learned from the first year of Leaders of Code.
The Trust Collapse: Why Manager Credibility Dropped from 46% to 29% in Two Years
Trust in managers plummeted 17 points in two years. Discover why leadership credibility collapsed & how to rebuild authentic authority.
We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed 189 bugs
How quarterly fixit weeks help teams tackle small annoyances that never bubble up to the priority list.
A Unified Theory Of Ego, Empathy, And Humility At Work
In our daily lives empathy and humility are obvious virtues we aspire to. They keep our egos in check. Less obvious is that they're practical skills in the workplace, too. I think, for developers and technical leaders in particular, that the absence of ego is the best way to furt
Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.
Most Technical Problems Are Really People Problems
Someone pointed out that Jeff Atwood wrote this same thing in 2008. Jeff references Bruce Eckel from 2007 , and Bruce references Gerald...
Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made have come true.
In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries in the world to adopt the four-day working week, not through a general law, but through agreements allowing workers to negotiate shorter weeks or reduced hours. Five years on, the results are indisputable. The
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, revealing that he's either a liar or a specific kin
Why doing less makes you a better leader - Blog - Tech Leaders Launchpad
Recently I've been speaking to a lot of new leaders, and a mistake I am seeing quite often is equating productivity with the number of tasks they complete, meetings they attend, and decisions they make. Many new leaders, particularly those transitioning from individual contributo
The Software Engineering Identity Crisis - Annie Vella
Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things. With our own hands, our own minds, our own code. But that identity is being challenged. AI coding assistants aren’t just changing ho
Getting Things Done In A Chaotic Environment | Stay SaaSy
Have one main focus and keep it that way.
Assertive communication: What it is and how to do it well - Work Life by Atlassian
Assertive communication helps you express your thoughts and feelings while still being respectful of others. Here’s why it matters and how to get it right.
Tracking Engineering Time - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
How do you understand what engineers are doing with that time? How do you know if they’re working on the “right” things? Here’s how I suggest answering those questions.
Kill Your Heroes, Stop Doing it Harder | Irrational Exuberance
One of the most destructive ideas is that you can dig out of a hole by doing what you’re already doing, but doing it harder. This doesn’t work, but it does breed and kill your heroes, and alienate everyone else.
Three-Bucket Framework for Engineering Metrics
Deciding what metrics to track and report to stakeholders.
Know your “One Job” and do it first – charity.wtf
Story time. Susan was hired as a database engineer. Her primary projects, which are supposed to be upgrading/rolling out a major point release and running load tests against various config options …
Your company needs Junior devs
Junior engineers are foundational to whether a team can collaborate and innovate