Technical debt has a sibling that gets less airtime and, in my experience, does at least as much damage. Decision rights that drift, skip-levels that quietly fall off the calendar, review meetings that turn into status updates. Let's talk about how I clean them up once I notice they've gone bad.
After proving AI could beat most technical assessments, I had to rebuild how I hire engineers. Here's the process I've developed; focused on what actually predicts success on the job.
Proven processes transform distributed teams from liability into competitive advantage. This talks about why I think that is and how to ensure your team is successful when they are remote.
An analysis of how artificial intelligence is transforming software development careers, team structures, and how engineers build expertise.
Leading engineers from around the world has taught me how to balance asynchronous communication and decisive action. The right frameworks transform geographical challenges into strategic advantages for organizations seeking to leverage global talent and build resilient engineering cultures.
After navigating technical leadership roles across startups and established corporations, I've come to view technical debt as both inevitable and manageable. It's the leadership approach to this debt that often determines whether a company can maintain momentum or finds itself grinding to a halt.
Scaling engineering teams is about much more than just adding headcount. It's about creating sustainable growth that preserves the core elements of your culture while evolving systems to support a larger organization. Here are a few of my thoughts about the topic.
Unlimited PTO is a perk more and more organization are offering their employees. Unfortunately, many managers and organization are managing this poorly and failing their employees. What does this management failure look like?
I've interviewed a lot of engineers at various stages in their careers. I've utilized existing interview processes, built new ones and improved upon all of those. What do I think an ideal interview process would look like? Read on for details.
ChatGPT's availability and ability to answer basic questions should end LeetCode use in software engineering interviews. Right?
