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Bullshit Software Projects
Discover the frustrations and challenges faced by software developers in the world of "bullshit work." From pointless projects to busy wo...
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High-documentation, low-meeting work culture
We get a lot more done in way less time at Tremendous. We'll tell you exactly what that means.
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Improving code review time
Code reviews are one of the most important parts of the software development process At Meta we’ve recognized the need to make code reviews as fast as possible without sacrificing quality We’re sha…
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Meta lays off 11,000 people
Mark Zuckerberg shares some of the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history.
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Kindness, tech staffing and resource allocation
People in tech are increasingly concerned about their jobs. This sentiment shift is somewhat new. We’ve experienced a decade or so of talking about skills shortages, arguably kicked off by Marc Andreesen’s publication of Software is Eating the World in 2011. Tech salaries spiked accordingly. Keynotes kept talking…
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Many companies aren’t prepared to replace underperforming CEOs
Boards often don’t think about shaking up the C-suite until it’s too late.
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Employee gift ideas that make people feel bad
Curious if company swag still lands? Get the data on gifting misfires and straightforward ways to reward employees with choices they value.
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Life after Heroku: What's a dev to do?
Want to know the best places to deploy your apps now that Heroku is ending their free dynos? We'll tell you.
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Most people don’t finish online job applications
A recent audit of the Fortune 500 showed that job application flow has improved, but there are still too many steps involved in getting applicants to the finish line.
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Startup engineering hiring anti-patterns (2021)
The most important traps to avoid when hiring startup engineers.
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How to maintain engineering velocity as you scale
Faire’s engineering team grew from five to over 100 engineers in three years. Throughout this growth, we were able to sustain our pace of engineering execution by adhering to four guiding principles.
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The evolution of the data engineer role
The Evolution of The Data Engineer: A Look at The Past, Present & Future
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DevOps is broken
A Critique of How We've Fooled Ourselves for Years.
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Social engineering dos and don'ts
Another day, another success at sneaking into a building and pretending to be staff. I do so love drinking other people’s expensive office coffee. No fruit bowls though. Close, but no banana. It got me thinking, again, about what makes for good social engineering (SE), and what advice would I give my younger self…
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How much have tech layoffs affected engineers vs. other departments?
How much have 2022 layoffs impacted engineers? We combed through and tagged dozens of layoff lists. The results may surprise you.
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What it feels like to be bullied out of a job you love
Wesley Faulkner’s story
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Managers with a business degree reduce employees' wages, do not increase profit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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Steve Yegge Joins as Head of Engineering of Sourcegraph
TL;DR: Steve Yegge has joined Sourcegraph as Head of Engineering, where we are building the world's most open and comprehensive code intelligence platform (CIP).
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Feelings of guilt may signal leadership potential (2012)
Stanford GSB researchers find that how people respond to mistakes can be a "clue to who they are."
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Stop overcomplicating it: A simple guidebook to upping your management game
Russ Laraway wades through all of the competing opinions, complex frameworks and advice out there on how to be a better manager, creating a simple, data-backed leadership toolkit.
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A CTO should be technical
Why engineering leaders also need to be great engineers.
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Balancing “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” vs. “Release early and often”
Embrace innovation with Red Hat's cloud solutions for enterprise-wide automation
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I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free
Absent a time machine, telling others how to avoid my mistakes is the best I can do.
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A development process to ship features fast
Here are 9 specific steps founders can use to ship features faster, keep their product team aligned and build what their users really want.
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Why public chats are better than direct messages
Open team communication means fewer distractions and more shared context. Why we default to public channels over DMs, and why it isn't just noise.
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