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“But why is it so hard to design an organization based on the systems it produces? The answer …#
“But why is it so hard to design an organization based on the systems it produces?
The answer reveals itself once you take a glimpse at a system diagram and organization chart side-by-side…”
https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/organization-architecture
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“For those of us with a collaborative leadership style, it’s important to have scripts you ca…#
“For those of us with a collaborative leadership style, it’s important to have scripts you can realistically picture yourself saying.”
https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/how-to-regain-control-of-a-meeting
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“The problem is that managers, upon reading the book, see it not as interesting research that c…#
“The problem is that managers, upon reading the book, see it not as interesting research that can spur their own experiments, but as a prescription to producing a ‘High Performing Technology Organisation’, despite the authors proclamation on pages 136-140 that correlation does not equal causation…”
https://gist.github.com/sleepyfox/347575d736e1d52d5dcf104cb8ca9169
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“Be suspicious of success. Be more suspicious of sad path success.” <https://buttondown.com/…#
“Be suspicious of success. Be more suspicious of sad path success.”
https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/be-suspicious-of-success/
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“But it’s not. It’s not your job to fix every issue by yourself. It is your job to see that iss…#
“But it’s not. It’s not your job to fix every issue by yourself. It is your job to see that issues get addressed. The difference can be subtle, but important.”
https://ntietz.com/blog/what-i-tell-people-new-to-oncall/
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“The central idea is that things actually go right most of the time, and if you want to actuall…#
“The central idea is that things actually go right most of the time, and if you want to actually improve the system, you need to get a better understanding of how the system functions, which means you need to broaden your focus beyond the things that broke.”
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“To sum up, the new benchstat version with projection feature enables local probing of OLAP typ…#
“To sum up, the new benchstat version with projection feature enables local probing of OLAP type of questions against your benchmarking results.”
https://bwplotka.dev/2024/go-microbenchmarks-benchstat/
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“Being a senior engineer meant far more than just logging years on the job. It was a title earn…#
“Being a senior engineer meant far more than just logging years on the job. It was a title earned through a diverse set of experiences and challenges that shaped not just their technical skills, but their entire approach to software development.”
https://www.trevorlasn.com/blog/software-engineer-titles-have-almost-lost-all-their-meaning
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“The rule is simple. By combining two departments, you are asking one person to resolve the con…#
“The rule is simple. By combining two departments, you are asking one person to resolve the conflicts between them. They’re not evil to do so; it’s the job you asked them to do.”
https://kellblog.com/2024/10/12/design-your-organization-for-the-conflicts-you-want-to-hear-about/
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“Yes, those stretches of shit times will happen to you. No way to avoid that. The trick is to u…#
“Yes, those stretches of shit times will happen to you. No way to avoid that. The trick is to understand what is normal, and what should be a red flag.”
https://zaidesanton.substack.com/p/why-managers-have-more-bad-days
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“Using automated reasoning requires our builders to have a different mindset. Instead of trying…#
“Using automated reasoning requires our builders to have a different mindset. Instead of trying to think about all possible input scenarios and how they might go wrong, we define how the system should work and identify the conditions that must be met in order for it to behave correctly.”