Software engineering is just an endless loop of reading docs

To be a motherless girl in her mother’s home country is to be reduced to one’s softest state. I have cried every day since I arrived thinking of her, missing her, loving her, wishing she was here, knowing that she is. My soul feels rejuvenated, held. I can’t wait to return. 🇰🇷

Please stop measuring the effectiveness of your engineering team by the number of Jira issues they close, thank you ❤️

super stoked for #LeadDevSanFrancisco ! great to be back to conferencing irl

“Strategic work is leadership hygiene. You don’t do it every year, you do it every day” 億劫 #LeadDevSanFrancisco

“Leading (daily) from an idea of the future (strategy) Make strategic leadership your habit Space Think Act Boundaries Broadcast” 億劫 #LeadDevSanFrancisco

i missed this guy throughout the pandemic ⁦Jem Young⁩ #leaddevsanfrancisco

If you or any of your reports is going on parental leave here is an easy to use checklist template for you bit.ly/parental-leave… based on my talk at LeadDev conference #LeadDevSanFrancisco

this and outcomes over output 💯 ⁦Addy Osmani⁩ #leaddevsanfrancisco

started from images optimisation, now we’re here Addy Osmani LeadDev #leaddevsanfrancisco

🍻 to #COBOL ⁦Front End Happy Hour⁩ ⁦@jamstackcon⁩

Tech layoffs affect immigrants the most! 5–15% of the 100k+ layoffs are H-1B holders. In 60 days (30-45 in practice), they must find a new job or be deported from the US. Families who've been here 10+yrs are told "We don't need you anymore. Leave." 10+ tips to stay– 1/12

When you start managing someone, use your 1:1s in the first couple of weeks to understand their Context. Most new managers focus solely on Content (projects/goals/blockers). But Context + Content lets you move faster from Rapport to Credibility to Trust. Example 1:1 questions:

Debugging is the process of finding the needle in the haystack, and then removing the needle without disturbing the haystack.

. Pearl & the Oysters boston area 5/16? 🤞🏻

The thing that you have to understand about leadership levels like mine and above: by the time someone has drawn the courage to ask you for help on something, it’s at the point that you have to make absolutely sure you’re paying attention and willing to help.

"Don't learn to code. Soon GUIs will do it all for you." - 1985 "Don't learn to code. Soon that will all be done offshore for pennies." - 2003 "Don't learn to code. Soon nocode tools will do it all for you." - 2015 "Don't learn to code. Soon AI will do it all for you." - 2023

I've been an Engineering Manager (switched from an engineer) for a year now... here are my top learnings:

Martin Fowler Code is liability. New code is 🔥hella🔥 liability. The only code you can trust (ish) is the code that's been chugging away in production for a while. The ability to churn out a stomach curdling quantity of questionable code is not going to speed us up. It will slow us down!

This is what I mean when I tell people “I don’t get hired to teach you how to be a big company. I get hired to remind you to operate like a startup.” Yes, I hire talented leaders and strong managers. But I also: - Read all the product docs, comment on all the designs - Review