It won't be the first time I praise Will Larson's books (directly or indirectly), but they deserve all the recognition they get, so I have no remorse. Anyway, I think it was "Staff Engineer," where Will has named two fascinating phenomena. They were not...
I need to admit I have some wicked hobbies. One of them is spotting absolutely ridiculous job positions/functions on LinkedIn, just for kicks'n'giggles. Some of them are absolutely bonkers & it's super-hard to imagine what sane person could come up with an idea...
We, human beings, have that incredible ability to exploit, exaggerate and travesty every (originally) valuable idea we encounter. That is not necessarily because of some malice - we tend to focus on meaningless (yet visible) details instead of intentions and the purpose behind (the aforementioned idea). Oh well. One concept...
They manage! Of course, there are other people who manage as well, but I've picked these two groups for some other reason. They set up the strategies and tactics! Definitely, but there's something far more unique. They are the first ones to be kicked out (if...
This anti-pattern is so popular that it's hard to find anyone who hasn't experienced it personally at least once: 1. First, a message comes (to the whole team/unit/org) with some good news: a major release announcement, project summary, a milestone achieved - name something...
A few days ago, this thread [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29064692] gained a lot of popularity on Hacker News. The discussion was quite interesting (I encourage you to take a look), but I've nearly immediately felt the urge to expand the topic a bit. Let'...
