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by ochronus 6y ago
This sounds like it's not too late to turn the ship around. It's also tricky, for some folks it's enough to see space for growth and they do it automagically, for others you need lots of conversations and gentle nudging. Don&
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by ochronus 6y ago
Both points you raise are very valid! 1. Growing in the 'soft skills' areas doesn't mean you should stop growing in engineering excellence - that's the problem with one-sided articles like this (I am the author ) 2. Sup
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by ochronus 6y ago
There are companies where managers are truly in a supporting function. I'm not here to advertise but my last two jobs were like that.
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by ochronus 6y ago
The need comes from the folks feeling stuck - it doesn't "have" to be that way. I've also had engineers making more money than me and looking at their impact it was well justified - the question is not only money but the
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by ochronus 6y ago
Yup, that's a common career path mistake companies do - making the only possible 'next step' for senior engineers to become managers. If your company doesn't have a strong career path for senior ICs, you should push for
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by ochronus 6y ago
+1 , I'm in there, it's a really nice community. Another I can recommend: https://engmanagers.github.io/
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by ochronus 6y ago
OP here - I love Rands' works! Thanks for the link
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Common Mistakes of New Engineering Managers(ochronus.online)
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by ochronus 6y ago
Or “eerily premium”
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by ochronus 6y ago
I just set it up using the recommended docker machine way and it was like a breeze. You might want to give it another try - that said, it's really cheap, comparable to self hosting
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by ochronus 6y ago
Shameless plug: we should change why we argue. https://ochronus.online/how-to-stop-winning-arguments/
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Acing your technical interview – a hiring manager’s guide(ochronus.online)
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by ochronus 6y ago
I wholeheartedly agree! The DEI question is especially tricky - the topic itself, of course, but more about the way the question is asked. Similarly to the 'weakness' question, the biggest issue is that it's not situational.
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by ochronus 6y ago
Definitely communication (I know, a broad category)! Teamplay is key and good communication is the foundation of that. I've written a bit about this: https://ochronus.online/communication-for-software-engineers...
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by ochronus 6y ago
Agreed! Just posted about active listening today https://ochronus.online/active-listening-boosts-careers/
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Use Active Listening to Boost Your Career(ochronus.online)
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Key Ways We Fail as Engineering Managers(ochronus.online)
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The 4 Key Ways We Fail As Engineering Managers(ochronus.online)
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by ochronus 6y ago
I’ve written about how we use some of these fallacies in our arguments because of the core fallacy: we think we have to win arguments. https://ochronus.online/how-to-stop-winning-arguments/
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by ochronus 6y ago
And they weren't too specific about 'which policy' - just pointed me here: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/
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by ochronus 6y ago
Well, I have a lighter but somewhat similar story. I deactivated my FB account a good 4-ish months ago. I went back to change my name (to indicate for folks where to find me) 2 weeks ago and I was greeted with a message that I cannot post o
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by ochronus 6y ago
I also have a 'fun' story - got locked out of my old account (old phone no. 2FA). I owe them $1.61 so they keep pinging me. I've offered to pay using my new account or that they can just send me a link / bank account no.
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by ochronus 6y ago
nice post-mortem, it's good that you're practicing it!
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by ochronus 6y ago
I think the original problem with all of this is that we see arguments as fights that we need to win. This is wrong. We should argue to understand each other better and to come up with better ideas than we separately could. I've writte
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by ochronus 6y ago
+1 on Fastmail. Been using it for years, supper happy with them.
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by ochronus 6y ago
Yes, it is.
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by ochronus 6y ago
Ask them to walk you through a successful and a failed initiative/project they were leading.
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by ochronus 6y ago
Title sounds like the next Civ game ;)
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Kindness is a hidden software engineering superpower(ochronus.online)
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Harmful Biases in Performance Reviews(ochronus.online)
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