Replying to @patrickdebois
Danger Things: SecOps sequel
Failure is not the opposite of success. https://overcast.fm/+tF0CEyMC0
RT @buritica: One of the best folks I’ve worked with, was unfortunately laid off.
She’s looking for a new opportunity as an Engineering M…
Replying to @richburroughs
Awesome! 👏 🎉
Replying to @conikeec
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Replying to @conikeec
CEO walking to the podium to address your questions.
“Before you rush off and start trying a whole bunch of things, you must look at the whole system at your organization, the processes, the flows, the actors (engineers, non-engineers).”
BA 25/52: A Rorschach Test Or Why We Love to Hate JIRA https://buildingromes.substack.com/p/ba-2552-a-rorschach-test-or-why-we
“This inertia encourages organizations to optimize an existing process when the organization could be better off evolving that process to a better fundamental configuration.”
It’s a Trap: Optimizing process flow instead of evolutionary flow https://nodramadevops.com/2019/04/its-a-trap-optimizing-process-flow-instead-of-evolutionary-flow/
“The fact of the matter is that the definition of done does not define ‘done’ at all.“
You’re Never Done. By Definition. | by Roni Dover | Better Programming https://betterprogramming.pub/youre-never-done-by-definition-c04ac77c616b
“We should be absolutely clear: psychological safety does not mean freedom from discomfort, but nor does it endow the right to wilfully or recklessly cause others discomfort or harm.” https://www.psychsafety.co.uk/psychological-safety-65-weaponisation-of-psychological-safety/
“If your judgement could be quantified and systematised, then there would be no need for you to be there to make those judgements. You’d automate it.” https://zwischenzugs.com/2022/05/29/business-value-management-autonomy-and-engineer-retention/
Replying to @mweagle
This is a good read.
Configuration.
amirite?
Replying to @Auxome
That “Step 2: " is a big one...
“One of the lessons NASA learned after their problems with Hubble was a closer alignment between engineers (who are operating the platform) and scientists (who are the consumers of the scientific capabilities).” https://flyingbarron.medium.com/day-2-operations-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-about-to-begin-44049577d382
“The TPS works on the premise that we cannot simply tell people what to and how to do it: we must create scaffolds of work, provide incentives, guardrails and safety nets, and trust that the people closest to the work know best how to execute the work.” https://www.psychsafety.co.uk/psychological-safety-68-science/
“It was a disaster, it was inhumane, and I can’t think of a more defining lesson in my leadership career.” https://randsinrepose.com/archives/by-design/
/ht https://cyberweekly.substack.com/p/cyberweekly-203-ai-is-the-new-hotness
“People discount the impact of long-tenured employees who can’t explain how their depth of understanding of the systems allows them to do things that others can’t…” https://leaddev.com/career-paths-progression-promotion/secret-getting-staff-level-leverage
Flip side: People value the impact of long-tenured employees who are able to translate their tacit knowledge into systems and conditions that enable others to do things. https://twitter.com/mweagle/status/1549217021778219008
This is going on my evergreen recommendation list.
https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B07Q24YGJ7&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=player_overflow
The floor was lava.
“Most importantly, you can fix it. Every little bit you fix gives you more energy back so you can fix the next thing. It will be worth the investment.” https://blog.ceejbot.com/posts/reduce-friction/
Replying to @richburroughs
I’ve seen https://abbycovert.com/stuck/ mentioned (haven’t read it myself). Maybe @b0rk or @awsgeek have pointers?
Also includes 14 quality As. https://overcast.fm/+TdWdyjceU
How it started: I’d like to make one of those cool hand-sketched infographics.
How it’s going: graphviz is pretty powerful.
My AWS org instituted recurring Wellness Days and I’m using today’s slot to try something new.
Here’s an infographic of https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Human-Performance-contemporary-updateof/dp/1794639144 5 principles and high-level bullet points....
Replying to @mweagle
Source: https://gist.github.com/mweagle/6496ecd3c051a8e825b4e83f6c45870f
Replying to @benkershner
Yep, also a fan of PUML and have had some fun mixing that up with https://github.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml and https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML
Inline rendering is 👌
Replying to @mweagle
Also, I’m hiring 😀 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/2098678/software-development-engineer-aws-codesuite
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Replying to @mweagle
How it ended up: https://twitter.com/mweagle/status/1553110486371053569
Replying to @JustinKitagawa
😱 I’m ambivalent whether I want to know the conditions that contributed to that sign being posted.
“ I think of this as a kind of mix of hubris (software can be correct), humility (I can’t write correct software) and laziness (I don’t want to fix this again).” https://brooker.co.za/blog/2022/07/29/getting-into-tla.html
“Yet you could fill a whole library with research that shows this is not how effective teams are built or run. Effective teams need trust.”
All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people | by Marianne Bellotti | Medium https://bellmar.medium.com/all-the-best-engineering-advice-i-stole-from-non-technical-people-eb7f90ca2f5f