When the staff were fired/walked out the door, they took with them all of this context. The existing code can tell you what it does and how, but it can’t tell you why.

it's the end of the year and some people have education budgets to spend! What tech books (or courses?) have really helped you this past year?

Managers - do not confuse compliance with commitment. People who are doing so because they're told to are compliant. People who are doing so because they are inspired to are committed. #leadership #autonomy

Currently reading „The High-Velocity Edge“ by Steven J. Spear. This quote is about the power of leaders in large organizations:

Surprisingly, I am actually excited about 2023 😊

My iPhone has random WiFi network issues about once per day. A quick reconnect always solves it. I wonder what that is about 🤔

2023, for me, means I will be moving on from BRYTER 👋🥲. I am building a list, so if you know of a #remotefirst team (CET compatible-timezone) in need of a Software Engineer with technical leadership experience, let me know! Please RT for reach 🙏 linkedin.com/in/niklas-loch…

My recipe for Continuous Delivery (a thread)... 1/14

Unpopular opinion: which datastore you choose matters more than which programming language or framework.

I wonder what caused them to exclude job applicants with 8-10 years of experience 😂

I had a call with a talent manager from a company and they referenced details from a private conversation I had, with another talent manager of theirs, on LinkedIn from over two years ago. I am almost certain this is a violation of the #GDPR 🤔

Good article about the dangers of employee churn. baldurbjarnason.com/2022/theory-bu…

I recently had a technical interview with a coding part. It’s such a distressing experience. Even though I know that I can do everything the interviewers expected, when put on the spot like this, everything becomes so much harder.

In my search for the next job, I could confirm that there are two clearly distinct engineering salary tiers. However the only „big tech“ company on the list that I applied to was „only“ in the second tier as well. blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engin…

You don't want to invest in new features for an IT service any more! Is that...

To whom it may concern: tell interviewees about your values and culture. If you celebrate hustle culture, expect 8am-6pm availability and want your employees to put work first at all times - say so.

Last day at BRYTER 🥲