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Stories about product, engineering, leadership, strategy, work organization, and more.

How to Become an Engineering Manager?

Aug 16, 2020 - 4 min read (799 words)

How to Become a Lead Developer?

Aug 14, 2020 - 5 min read (926 words)

Dear Legacy Code, I Love You

Apr 28, 2020 - 3 min read (436 words)

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Garden 🌱

This is an experimental space gathering thoughts, ideas, and resources that catched my interest.

30+ Engineering Career Ladders

Aug 13, 2020 - 2 min read (210 words)

MoSCoW: Prioritization Method

Aug 4, 2020 - 1 min read (110 words)

RICE: a Simple Prioritization Framework

Aug 3, 2020 - 2 min read (261 words)

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The Engineering Manager's Survival Guide 📖

You wonder if you should become an engineering manager? You've been promoted to an engineering management position and you're struggling into this transition? I wrote The Engineering Manager's Survival Guide, a short guide to support engineering managers in their exciting journey. ✨

Engineering Manager

  1. Preface
  2. Carrer Ladder
  3. Mission
  4. Pillars
  5. Archetypes
  6. Anti-Patterns
  7. Motivations
  8. The Shift
  9. Manage your Time

People

  1. Leadership
  2. Earn Trust
  3. Alignement
  4. Communication
  5. Master the Context
  6. Your Team
  7. All Models are Wrong
  8. Conway's Law
  9. Tuckman's Stages

People

  1. Bus Factor
  2. Your Reports
  3. One on One
  4. Learn to Delegate