Search Results: people
the blind side of seniority
…the root cause. So you don't worry about it. Plenty of people who have been in the industry a long time add columns without a second thought. If you have seen it, you know the moment you read the… [more]
What Makes a Senior Engineer Senior, and How Do You Build a Great Team?
…A long time ago I started keeping character sheets for the people on my team. Not performance reviews. Nothing that went into a system anywhere. Just a running doc, a page per person, describing what… [more]
What Do Future Engineers Look Like?
…Culture add, not culture fit. Fit selects for the people you already have. "Add" asks what this person brings that the team is missing. We also try to make clear that the attributes we are… [more]
That’s what heroes do
…It had leveled the crowd, debris and wreckage mowing people down like grass. The doctor explained he had been a block away and had run towards the explosion when he heard it. The scene was terrible he… [more]
Safe Homes
…by oppressors Who thought their cause just, and right My people fled death, and fear, To find home here They* fled from nation to nation, to nation Hunted by those in power Driven by those who,… [more]
Like Cain
…by those Who sought for power Not for the good of Fellow people I weep to remember children Dashed Parents murdered As their neighbors Looked on Feeling Ashamed, perhaps Feeling Justified, perhaps… [more]
Siblings
…And the teenager behind bars for their choices, And the people owned by my ancestors, And the ancestors who owned people, And the rainbow clad reveler, And the saluting nazi, Are all children of the… [more]
This world was not my people's world. We…
This world was not my people's world. We came here in robes meant for a colder world, and forced our desires on it. It's tropical suns warmed us out of them, as we shaped it into our new home.… [more]
the megaphone
…shutting down the conversation or ideas. You have smart people on your team. Chances are strong they will mention the same things you would. If they do, having them come from a peer allows for better… [more]
Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip
…now. You will have to have harder conversations with people. You will feel this extra weight eventually, and having strong mentorship and a good peer support system is critical to surviving it. You… [more]
Last Lectures
…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 a good way to… [more]
Book Review-How to Survive in a Science Fictional Universe
…into a cerebral discussion of the futures we long for, the people we miss, and the need to reconnect with our fathers. It is a quick read. It is a well told story in a surprisingly claustrophobic… [more]
What Makes a Team Lead Great?
…like a 360 review regularly to gather sentiment from the people being managed. You don't want to keep an Achilles around. Now that we've cleaned out the Achilles though, how do we know which… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
…frame of mind. He was willing! It's always great when people are willing to go along with your hair-brained schemes. We talked about the things my team would be working on after, and some of the… [more]
The infinite power of people
…and transformative leaders share power with, empower people to, and inspire people to develop power within.” Consider this your reminder to lead WITH people not over them. Inspire, and help anyone you… [more]
Today is going to be a great day, and other mindset shifts
…for us all to return to psychological baseline. So give people extra patience, including yourself. Conclusion Work on shifting your mindset this week. Decide to be an engineer, start your day with a… [more]
Cultural Homogeneity
…This is not the time to be looking askant at the groups of people who, by their very nature, think differently than we do. We need to welcome them, help them, and learn from them. Not because of… [more]
Book Review-The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
…they could have played out differently. Normally I point people to Mistborn, or Tess of the Emerald Sea as good entry points to the Cosmere. But this is a good entry point as well, and shorter than… [more]
Book Review-Aloha Rodeo-Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West
…where the cattle they work have a nasty habit of killing people. All of which sounds like an alternate history work of fiction, but is in fact the story of the “paniolos” who worked the nascent cattle… [more]
Book Review-The Ocean at the End of the Lane
…or a hundred years. It’s always churning and roiling. And people change as much as oceans.”’ It’s a very enjoyable book, that makes you think hard about life as you roll along. Make sure as you read… [more]
Organizational Design Democracy And Ownership
…place. This week I had one of those. And it was about why people leave companies, and how to help them stick around longer. As an added bonus it is probably applicable to western democracies and the… [more]
Human Communications Are Hard
…the paper. "Instead of perceiving a drop in quality, people misattribute the effects of delay to the person at the far-end." The implications of this for a remote work force are dramatic.… [more]
Why weird team names make sense
…while we worked on a product named Bridge. A lot of people look at those names and think, why name teams after bridges? Why name them at all? And if you are going to name them, why not name them… [more]
Some thoughts inspired by "Toward peer review as a group engagement"
…code/shipping code/closing tickets/etc.? Uncertainty makes people look out for themselves and their metrics. So be careful because you could encourage people not to review code. Be careful what you… [more]
Lumio UtahJS Conf 2022
…months now (ok fine 8 months) and I am looking for more people to join our rapidly expanding team. Check out the jobs, and more information about our team below! Open Jobs Team Lead We're looking… [more]
2021: Year in Review
…through periods of dramatic change. If you are leading people go learn about change management. You’re going to need it. Aside, Things that have worked for me: Build trust before you need it Be… [more]
Encourage teams to take risks
…teams. The first lesson is that we should encourage people to take risks. Encourage them to go big, to step into something that they aren’t fully comfortable with. One way to think about any… [more]
Antisemitism ends with us
…they had been and they wanted to see the Jewish people pay for their "crimes". These attacks took deeper and deeper root until they walked the streets of Jerusalem, having killed not only… [more]
2020: A year
…community, but it is still weird not being able to invite people into our home. With the change of jobs came a shift to leading a fully remote team. I need to write more about this… but I… [more]
Her home looked like it had when she…
…of home everything felt alien. And where were all the people? Where were her neighbors? Where was her dog? [more]
On Bikesheds
…little feature just because you know enough to do so. Some people have commented that the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change. —… [more]
Making the world more beautiful
…but good architecture is inaccessible to the majority people. But if we can shape the furniture, the objects that occupy that space to be more beautiful and of higher quality then we can inculcate a… [more]
Vetting Information you read on the internet
…same thing? If so this is likely an attempt to mislead people/influence public opinion. If this turns up any sites that seem unreliable that should be another red flag for you. If any of the above… [more]
design and the internet as ephemera
…the cheap printed pamphlets that you often receive from people trying to get your signature on a petition. Or, the cheap signs pasted up for local band’s concerts. (More information here:… [more]
The right Tools for the right job
…probably terrible as recruiting tools... but dang fun Most people who have the chops to do well at these things already have jobs they love. They’re just in it to snag some $$$ and a shirt. But… [more]
Office Hours
If you hadn’t noticed from this post and the last one... I am feeling grateful and like I need to give back to the community a bit. So while Hack Night SLC is ramping back up I thought it would be… [more]
Jumping on the AMA bandwagon
…this out with the questions that I am often asked so that people can have a resource to learn from my mistakes. And hopefully so that people new to the industry have an easy way to ask questions and… [more]
So you Studied History and You're a Conservative... I am Sorry.
…conservative friends angry. You are going to make liberal people who think you are liberal angry. You are going to confuse a lot of people. You are likely to make Libertarians sad as well. You see,… [more]
Let's talk about Boot camps
…computing, are table stakes today. All the things that people went to college in CS for are common today. The market has made a rapid and forceful transformation. Also, films like The Social Network… [more]
Language Drift and finding code beautiful
…incredibly diverse, and while you might not understand the people in the next village over, you would also not deny that they were speaking english. Interesting. As I was thinking about this and how… [more]
Now.
…is instant gratification and the problem is too many people have applied that instant gratification to their careers and to their lives.” — Simon Sinek watch the video Found on Swiss-Miss [more]
people and connections
"I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; and when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength… [more]
Seeing and Speaking
…to others we would just casually mention sight lines and people would without further explanation of discussion accept that word and move on. And thus jargon is born. We knew exactly what we meant.… [more]
Getting Lost and Happiness
On the one hand, we are hard-wired to focus more on negative things. But at the same time, we are also all hard-wired to be seeking a sense of happiness and the desire to flourish, and to be the best… [more]
Education, Money and Happiness
There are three things, once one’s basic needs are satisfied, that academic literature points to as the ingredients for happiness: having meaningful social relationships, being good at whatever it is… [more]
Io: the language, not the moon
This is the first in the Seven Languages series of posts and covers the Io language , a small prototypal language. Let’s get this out of the way right now. I love Io . It’s amazing. The… [more]
mourning
…deeply saddened by the news of the deaths of so many people last night at Pulse in Orlando. My heart aches for their families and friends. I can’t help but also think about the wounded, both… [more]
2015: in review
…been fun to develop and more fun to talk about with people. I’ve learned a lot doing it. If you are about to build a new node project you should definitely take a look at it. It’s fast,… [more]
Design Tools are Broken
…my perceived user experience. A tiny change that many people won't notice. But the tools used by most designers don't allow them to create animations. Or edit them. Let alone see what… [more]
On To New Horizons
…amount, written some cool code, worked with some great people, and pushed for a developer/design centric culture on the teams I’ve worked with. I helped shift from jQuery to backbone to angular… [more]
The Problem of Over Communication
…How often do you just click delete them? Are there certain people who you filter out in meetings or whose emails get filtered directly into your delete folder? I have written a few of those filters… [more]
REST vs. RPC and a mention of HATEOS
…anticipated. HATEOS is REST on steroids (some people will tell you there is no REST without HATEOS... I disagree. They have different acronyms. HATEOS is a superset of REST that maybe doesn’t… [more]
Confidence Without Ego
…young I thought humility was placing yourself below other people. To believe that they were better than me. To subserviate myself to their opinions and requests. I thought of the stereotypical monk… [more]
Moving the World
…are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the… [more]
11
…got shorter and shorter and we got busier and busier. People were stocking up. There were rumors that Austin could be next and people wanted to hole up in their homes. Huge carts of groceries were… [more]
Now Serving: Obsolescence
…the new century, it began to have an interesting effect. People weren’t happy about it. Sure we like that the goods are cheap and easily available. We enjoy the improved lifestyle it has… [more]
Trust and the Box
…I was amazed as he unfolded story after story about the people who had worked in these seats decades ago. One story stood out. It was the story of a young engineer who was sitting in mission control,… [more]