I write about technology @ ewattwhere.substack.com, love coding and interested in the intersection of management and code. she/her
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22 Aug 2021
Bad managers think leadership is about power, good managers think leadership is about competently serving their team
#Management #Development #Leadership #DevManagers #DevLeaders
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9 Nov 2021
This is exactly right. Silo-on-silo violence causes all kinds of waste and misery, both for the staff and the customer.
9 Nov 2021
And the next time a developer’s about to fall victim to the “ask for estimates treat them deadlines” trap they’ll do their own bait and switch and replace the sacred chunk of value with a worthless sandbag that will protect them.
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30 Sep 2021
Haha, apparently Hacker News didn't like my last article: FLAGGED! I'll take that as a sign that I'm exposing some raw nerves.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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Emma retweeted
Thinking that the hellhole you’re working at is as good as it gets, so you don’t look for a better place to work, is a classic presentation of learned helplessness. Now is a great time for the adage "change your company or change your company." It’s a dev’s market. Take advantage
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29 Sep 2021
Developers, your manager is likely clueless
ewattwhere.substack.com/p/de…
#Management #Development #Leadership #DevManagers #DevLeaders
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28 Aug 2021
Traditional company shareholders are being taken for a ride by bad software engineering management
ewattwhere.substack.com/p/tr…
#Management #Development #Leadership #DevManagers #DevLeaders
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22 Aug 2021
Bad managers think leadership is about power, good managers think leadership is about competently serving their team
#Management #Development #Leadership #DevManagers #DevLeaders
ewattwhere.substack.com/p/ba…
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13 Jun 2021
I’m screamingggg 😭😭
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13 Jun 2021
That's right, management's job is to make sure staff are given autonomy when they are ready. i.e. Make sure the technical knowledge gaps get filled before handing out the keys to production!
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10 Jun 2021
This reddit thread and article on just how destructive bad managers are for innovation is money!
😍"given a more fulfilling, paid opportunity like creating autopilot for cars, or a closed loop insulin pump, we will jump ship in a heartbeat!" 😍
old.reddit.com/r/programming…
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4 Jun 2021
If I find myself having to step through code or read through multiple files to understand something, I open a text editor and document the steps method by method. If there's a lot of branching it turns into an outline.
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4 Jun 2021
Paraphrasing Deming, the penalty you pay for demoralizing employees cannot fully be measured.
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28 May 2021
I mean it's a free country and all, but why call your "process" Agile when that isn't actually what Agile is about at all? The video talks about how what came before influences today.
Reddit: Companies need to stop calling their waterfall garbage #Agile
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25 May 2021
As a...
– website visitor on a mobile data connection
I want to...
– be presented with images optimised for 5k displays
so that...
– I can enjoy the anticipation
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Conway’s Law (google it) says that the structure of the organization defines/mirrors the structure of your architecture (and vice versa). If org structure is forced onto you by management, then management is controlling your architecture. Why does anybody think that will work?
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That's because creating something new requires attempts so you can see if it makes sense, and nothing doesn't count as an attempt.
Adam Savage from MythBusters has a great video that really demonstrates this process: youtube.com/watch?v=-R8wUybr…
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