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You’ve just described ‘technical debt’ that is not being paid down. It comes from taking shortcuts, which may make sense in the short-term. But like financial debt, the compounding interest costs grow over time. If an organization doesn’t pay down its technical debt, every calorie in the organization can be spent just paying interest, in the form o
... See moreGene Kim, Kevin Behr, • The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
I've just finished my 8th interview with a (large) company. I asked my interviewer what are the characteristics and behaviours of a successful senior engineer at the company for "getting things done" and having impact. He said "Your job as an engineer is to put management into a
Tweets From Satnam Singh · @satnam6502twitter.comDecisions motivated by wanting to avoid rewriting code later are usually bad decisions.
Marianne Bellotti • Kill It With Fire
At the end of meetings, recap each action item and who owns it. Signals the importance of action items and gives people the room to make any corrections to them. Everybody knows this, but few do it. Leaders who build the confidence & discipline to do it appear 20% more competent.
Shreyas Doshitwitter.comMake Consequences Clear Before Firing
- Tell underperformers clearly that their job is at risk if they don't change and document the warnings per HR requirements.
- Make consequences explicit rather than trying to fix personal issues for them.
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Dave Smith
I agree it's not your job to fix their personal issues, but it is your job to make sure th
Soft Skills Engineering • Episode 474: I Hate the Idea of Firing a Low Performer and Cheaper Context Switching
Broken steering is a metaphor for that feeling at work where your actions seem to have no impact. Turn the wheel, car still goes straight. This is rare in blue collar work: the car got assembled, now you have car. It is common in knowledge work: you sent some email, so what?
Emmett Sheartwitter.comOn our journey, we want to be taught, and we also want to teach. This is why creating opportunities to both mentor and be mentored are powerful.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
leverage you’re developing here is understanding how to organize the work to unearth risks early, how to identify different possible approaches, and how to remain flexible so that you can pull out a win from the project even if the final outcome is quite different from the initial proposal.