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the blind side of seniority
I was raised by a father who loved underdogs. Kelly's Heroes and the stories of the Black Sheep squadron , were some of his favorites to watch and tell. These were stories of outcasts, thrown… [more]
What Makes a Senior Engineer Senior, and How Do You Build a Great Team?
…Scott's argument, applied to running software engineering teams. We Don't Average Because We're Dumb This brings to the front a lesson that I didn't understand at first. We don't… [more]
What Do Future Engineers Look Like?
This article was originally published on the Voze Engineering Blog and is republished here for posterity. What do you look for in an engineer when that engineer is not the one writing most of the… [more]
Team! A Module For Teams!
…on my hands... so I wrote a simple module for managing engineering team member information in automation projects. Basically I was working on some automation between Slack, OpsGenie, and JIRA to… [more]
The Hunt Begins
…for I am looking for something along the lines of a VP of Engineering through CTO for a series A+ company (This is one of the places I am most effective), or similar roles in larger organizations… [more]
Meet with me!
Come meet with me about software engineering things, career things, business things, or bike things. If the calendar below doesn't work, it doesn't seem to love mobile devices, go here instead [more]
Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip
…something more fleshed out. Here we go! Some thoughts on engineering leadership a thread (and not a long one) -> — Daniel Sellers (@daniel_sellers) April 15, 2022 This is the intro... nothing… [more]
Last Lectures
…As part of that effort I’ve worked to build a culture in engineering where people coming and going is normal. We’ve started doing “Last Lectures” for all engineers who leave the company, and it’s been… [more]
What Makes a Team Lead Great?
…is a reasonable, if frustrating, framework for measuring engineering performance. But let's talk about the items above. Ships things on time with minimal crunch time and stress. It should be… [more]
Today is going to be a great day, and other mindset shifts
…Tech debt as a regular part of the work cycle is a great engineering culture hack for lots of reasons. It allows for time to actually do it! It reduces bugs over time, it allows time to rethink and… [more]
Why weird team names make sense
…trusting teams is critical to getting the work of software engineering done. On top of that Guy Winch points out that there are additional benefits to the belonging to a group with a strong identity .… [more]
Software Engineer vs. Software Developer
…Engineer title are trying to tie themselves to the other engineering trades. Tie themselves to a more mature and rigorous tradition. Does this mean they do anything different? Nope. Most likely not.… [more]
2021: Year in Review
…of that effort I’ve worked to build a culture in engineering where people coming and going is normal. We’ve started doing “Last Lectures” for all engineers who leave the company, and… [more]
Encourage teams to take risks
…broadly applicable, and I use them every day while leading engineering teams. The first lesson is that we should encourage people to take risks. Encourage them to go big, to step into something that… [more]
2020: A year
…had grown from a Sr. Engineer to a Team Lead and then an Engineering Manger running 4 teams on 2 continents. I'd helped launch a new product on a deadline, exercised my architectural chops, and become… [more]
Being Senior Part 1- the books and data
This is just a quick post to throw up the books I quoted from and a link to the data for anyone who attended my presentation at Utah JS Conference 2016 today. I am putting down my thoughts in a long… [more]