Geek, agilista, blogger, codefella, serial reader. In the daylight - I navigate & lead software engineering. #lean #design #aws #elixir #analytics. I speak here for myself only.
If you trace the news in financial services (banking, insurance, etc.), it's hard not to be overly enthusiastic - the terms like 'digital disruption', 'fintech innovation', 'banking 3.0', 'blockchain-powered XYZ', 'transformative services' are flying left and right...
We live in interesting times: completely new industries do pop up out of the blue, spawning completely new roles & positions, business models, and organizational structures. Our dynamic environments require us to re-invent what felt like carved-in-stone and compose unique organizations that fit our purpose. Obviously, sometimes we do it...
How can one recognize whether a product company has a chance to be truly successful, or well, it's doomed for a somewhat vegetative existence? If I had the decent answer to that problem, I'd probably be crazy rich already - so the fact is: I don&...
I've bought another mechanical keyboard (technically - I've backed the Kickstarter campaign [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keyboardio/atreus]). Feel free to call me an addict - I don't mind. It's my 4th and all three that I already have work well...
Categorization, classification, segmentation - we, human beings, love labeling things and separating them into buckets. I am not an exception, and as someone who builds & develops engineering teams, I have a habit of classifying ... engineers. Of course, there are many ways of doing that: by seniority, by area of...
I am a notorious note-taker. Over the years, I've learned not to rely solely on my (or anyone else's) memory but to create well structured, concise, and adequately labeled notes for future use. It's not only required to preserve the knowledge, but it helps...
