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.
Disclaimer: these considerations (especially the "good game" parallel) have been somehow inspired & provoked by the excellent book - "The Art of Leadership" [https://www.amazon.com/Art-Leadership-Small-Things-Done-ebook/dp/B088KV4P6T/] authored by Michael Lopp [https://twitter.com/rands]. Highly recommended. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've always been...
A LOT has been said (written) about how COVID-19 has enforced "remote revolution" in software development companies (& not only). About the benefits, challenges and risks. Tools, techniques & processes. Almost everything remote-related one could think about. Except for leadership. Remote leadership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer #1: pretty please -...
Story #1 I'm a serial note-taker. I've used dozens of apps to improve my note-taking: tag information, simplify formatting, improve navigation, etc. I wasn't limiting myself to free software only: paying for software was never an issue - as long as the software was...
What's a rat race [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rat%20race]? I think I've heard this term for the first time in 2003, when I've joined a company with more than a few programmers on board for the very first time. The...
Since I can remember, designing solutions to complex problems was my favorite software development-related activity. The conceptual shaping of elegant, fit-for-purpose thought constructs was always (in my case) much more pleasant than coding itself. As my work-products were (IMHO ;>) polished to the finest detail, turning them later into syntactic...
Even if you've read just a bunch blog posts of mine, you've probably identified my key mantras: * about the importance of the trench-level leadership (setting the correct example in real-life situations when your colleagues can observe you directly in action) * about the A2E (ability to execute)...
