tyroh

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by tyroh 3y ago
The design made me thought I was in one of those placeholder sites for domains that were on sale.
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by tyroh 3y ago
This is great! I actually made another sheet in the same file to track historical changes in one of the values by manually checking based on Google's own version history. Of course, I would probably use this but the price tag isn'
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by tyroh 3y ago
In my team, the role is a Lead who essentially leads the creation process, like you're doing. They do PoCs, R&D and technical requirements while also guiding the ICs in building out the product. Seems like Director would be a good
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by tyroh 3y ago
All of my planning is digital, so that it's easy to see across devices and by other people. Important + Urgent = Add as event in calendar for today Important + Not-urgent = Calendar event but for a later date, or todo list Not Importan
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by tyroh 4y ago
I find that leading a remote team means most adhoc syncing done between members go away so standups are required. Also, the higher up you go, the more of these meetings you need to be in if you want to stay aligned with everyone. For me, I
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by tyroh 4y ago
For #1, 1:1 will help a lot but it will take time as you need to build the relationship enough for them to open up to you. But I agree with #3. The problem is getting the seniors to RTO just for this express reason. Though having an always-
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by tyroh 4y ago
1:1 are for building relationships and talking about long-term goals, in work or otherwise. It's also a good time to discuss big picture goals, seeing where the work you're doing fits into the grand scheme of things (at least with
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by tyroh 4y ago
I'll add these two if you're pursuing a manager role: - The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety - Nonviolent Communication Personally, having a servant leader mindset is one of the most important things to practice when taking on a l
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by tyroh 4y ago
What stuck with me are my wellness habits: 1) Regular push ups and planks, except when I was injured or on trips. 2) Tracking my diet which helped me lose 10 kgs. 3) Reading tech-related books which only stopped during crunch time at work.
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by tyroh 4y ago
This is precisely what's happened in our company. The project management head was not a servant leader and actively avoided doing real work while telling others what to do and promising to do things that never happened. Sadly, this per
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by tyroh 4y ago
A senior developer in my book is someone with both leadership skills and the experience to back that up. Most of your work is enabling other developers with a bit of actual dev work sprinkled in. You're still chiefly a problem solver l
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by tyroh 4y ago
As someone in a role that has this as a goal, you've nailed it on the head. Developers can be super productive at home but will miss out in the random discussions and water cooler topics discussed with other teams, even their immediate
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by tyroh 4y ago
For me, it's getting some devs to become team players. Many of them are good at what they do but sometimes they become big blockers to the progress of others in the team. I try my best to unblock people but you just can't unblock
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by tyroh 5y ago
You probably should set your sights more on becoming a lead developer, where your experience as an engineer will be respected but you can transition into management later on. Also focus on discussing your mentoring experience a lot, includi
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by tyroh 5y ago
1. If the original authors are still around, we do a knowledge transfer. 2. Create diagrams about the relationships between all the systems involved. UMLs, ERDs, and all the rest of them 3. Clone the system locally and trace how the data fl
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by tyroh 5y ago
Surround yourself with good supportive people and avoid those who put you down. In my younger years, you can't avoid the people who tend to project their insecurities on you: bullies, primadonnas, etc. Schools and workplaces are mixed
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by tyroh 5y ago
The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey: Made me realize that trust is essential in human interactions. Helped me through my businesses, career, and community building. Atomic Habits by James Clear: Read a lot about habits before but this reall
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by tyroh 5y ago
Started one before both as an indie dev and with a few other fellows. The main reason I switched back to employment for now is to both have a stable income (nest egg is running out) and to gather a great team. I don't want to work on g
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by tyroh 5y ago
I think some sectors in finance add value. It boils down to the people your company is trying to make richer.
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by tyroh 5y ago
As I got older, I found that I wake up in the middle of the night more often. Often, this is because I need to pee. This doesn't affect the quality of my sleep if I can doze off soon after getting back to bed. I use a fitness band to t
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Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects(rubick.com)
264 points by tyroh 5y ago|89 comments
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by tyroh 5y ago
4 Stages of Psychological Safety - when they feel it's safe to communicate, the team trusts each other more and makes unblocking easy. The First 90 Days - good book for planning out any transition to a new role. The Manager's Path
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Great engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projects(rubick.com)
5 points by tyroh 5y ago|0 comments
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by tyroh 5y ago
No matter how brilliant you are, if you don't know how to work with a team, your growth as a developer will stagnate.
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by tyroh 5y ago
I won't be working with software houses if it can be helped. Sure, some of them place you in companies that actually produce software used and sold to people. But whenever I've built internal-facing software, it's always been
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by tyroh 5y ago
Maybe try mentoring someone who's building something, someone junior? I find that teaching helps me get organized with my ideas and you also get feedback on ideas from someone.
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by tyroh 5y ago
I read Nonviolent Communication recently and it opened my eyes to a new way to conversing with people. Didn't realize how harmful some of my communication habits were (and still are). It will take some practice enunciating the steps
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by tyroh 5y ago
For me it, was because of the lousy resolution of my laptop monitor. I just got an extra monitor to solve it.
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by tyroh 5y ago
1. Monitor / laptop lamp. Makes viewing the screen more comfortable since the light is close and consistently bright (no shadows) 2. Raising the monitor a couple of inches higher to prevent slouching, if you work seated. Might also wor
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by tyroh 5y ago
I've actually added The Mom Test to my recommended reading list for direct reports, since it helps a lot in requirements gathers from both internal and external customers.

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