Just confirmed that one of the smartest engineers I ever worked with, quit tech due to systemic misogyny. We suffer these huge, world-changing losses of talent and often we don’t even know about it. She could have been a leader of our industry if we’d just treated her fairly.

My kid asked me “what’s your hottest take?” I clarified with him whether he meant for real or sarcastic/ironic and he said real. And I said “school is unnessary and often overall harmful.” (He said “you know what a hot take is!” lol) So here’s what I want to tell my friends:

Your performance review system should never get to the point where finding a new job is easier than writing a promo package.

As an engineering manager, I've been fortunate to manage some extremely senior engineers: folks you might even call "heroes". Today on the blog I'm sharing six key lessons learned leading them. Spoiler alert: don't call them heroes. leadingwithspoons.com/2020/08/27/lea…

Happy Friday! My team is hiring a senior engineer with GCP experience. This role will have a huge impact on Square’s move to the cloud. Work from anywhere in the US or Canada. Ping me with q’s 😁 jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Square/7439997…

Hey y’all! As many of you know, because of the smoke in OR, the protests have been put on hold in order to switch the focus to mutual aid. As this pause is happening, we’ve observed that for many folks this is the first real “break” they’ve had, even though it’s not really 1/?

Exciting news! I've decided to look for my next role! I'm a software engineer who likes to code AND teach. Looking at DevRel (especially DevEx) roles but I'm flexible. I can improve your developer docs, build tutorials & courses, stream... DMs are open & RTs are appreciated! 💖

My favorite show as a kid was Teen Titans. Growing up wanting to be someone people liked or someone who people could rely on for a laugh, I automatically could see myself in Beast Boy. And that was a part of their goal in the show, after all. To let kids see themselves in it.

I guess I'll be live tweeting a coup now. Things are still pretty quiet for now, though people are awake and scared. I've been fielding calls since 6 am from friends and relatives. The internet is in and out and my sim card no longer works.

A senior technical leader and AWS expert in my network, one of the sharpest people I've ever worked with, is looking for a new role. Remote preferred. Are any of my AWS peeps hiring? DM for intros.

This was really cool to learn about!

Before joining Square almost 8 years ago, I remember participating to many conversations about the "right way to do agile", the "right architecture", the "right way to model your domain".

i saw a tweet a while back (will link it if i find it again) that the single most useful skill of any senior++ IC or engineering leader can be stated in simple terms: In every conversation you're part of, create clarity and reduce chaos. [thread]

I’ve been doing a vendor evaluation for the past 2 months for a tool that will be heavily used internally. Short thread of things I’ve learned.

#SB202 suppresses voters, criminalizes compassion & seizes election authority from local + state officials. In 11 years, I never witnessed a massive bill approved at such speed and signed in such desperation. This wasn’t efficiency or principle. This is cowardice. #gapol 1/2

Oh yeah my team is still hiring, remote in US or Canada, multiple levels, engineers and NOW TPMs! Come help us move a $100B publicly traded company into the cloud. Yes that’s in the job description. smrtr.io/5zWJp

My little team, Frameworks, is hiring. “Atlanta” but remote is fine (I'm the only Atlantan on the team). We're looking for more junior folks, because we have 3 excellent senior engineers who would like to do more mentoring, so this is a pretty sweet gig jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ni/Square/3879…