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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.comSomething you’ve probably heard if you are part of a team is concerns around focus:
🙅🏻♀️ “we’re working on too many things”
😵💫 “priorities change quickly”
🙄 “we forget about things that were supposedly important a quarter ago”
✨ “we get shiny object syndrome”___LINEBREAK_... See more
claire vo 🖤twitter.comAt 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.comBroken 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.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
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