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“You see, while companies have become adept at defining their mission, articulating their strat…#
“You see, while companies have become adept at defining their mission, articulating their strategy, sharing their values, and crafting inspiring leadership expectations, few have put in the effort to understand and train talent on how work, done well, happens day in and day out at the company. How does the company actually run?”
https://itrevolution.com/articles/there-is-a-right-fit-company-waiting-for-you/
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“The simple reason for having 2 roles is that trying to be both technical- and people-focused g…#
“The simple reason for having 2 roles is that trying to be both technical- and people-focused generally means you just end up being mediocre all-around.”
https://allenc.com/2022/11/should-engineering-management-stay-technical/
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“The truth is that most companies will never reach the massive size that will actually require …#
“The truth is that most companies will never reach the massive size that will actually require building a true distribute system. Your cos playing Amazon and Google - without their scale, expertise, and endless resources - is very likely just an egregious waste of money and time.”
https://renegadeotter.com/2023/09/10/death-by-a-thousand-microservices.html
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Excellent summary of constructive ways to foster distributed team awareness. “Fundamental Prin…#
Excellent summary of constructive ways to foster distributed team awareness.
“Fundamental Principles for information sharing
1 Go to where people are
2 Little and often
3 Repetition, repetition, repetition “
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Related: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2021/06/20/designing-like-a-joint-cognitive-system/
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“What we need is a way to keep that up to date in real-time. We need to bring in the socio to…#
“What we need is a way to keep that up to date in real-time. We need to bring in the socio to work with the technical. That requires guardrails and standards. We are squarely at “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.””
https://www.opencontext.com/blog/threads-of-the-next-wave-of-devops
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“The tradeoff is that you’d like engineering decisions to be aligned with knowledge and compe…#
“The tradeoff is that you’d like engineering decisions to be aligned with knowledge and competence instead of formal level except that engineers from under-represented groups have a harder time getting credit for knowledge and competence.”
https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/dimensions-of-power
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“As a developer, I need to step into nondeterminism. Iterate even more. Observe what’s happen…#
“As a developer, I need to step into nondeterminism. Iterate even more. Observe what’s happening, and work on it.”
https://jessitron.com/2023/09/04/a-developers-guide-to-integrating-with-llms/