Elided Branches

I get asked frequently to define the role of CTO, and I thought I would share some of my thoughts. First, let's start by talking abou...

I wrote this email to my team and sent it yesterday. It covers some of my thinking about reviews, a perennially controversial topic everywhe...

It is valuable to get out of your own head, and see what others are thinking. It is even more valuable to get out of your own industry and...

Many people think that the role of leadership is decision-making. The desire to be the one who makes the calls drives some to climb the ladd...

Engineers like to believe in the idea of meritocracy. We want to believe that the best idea wins, that the person who produces the most valu...

I had a great 1-1 with one of my tech leads today, who came by my office hours and asked me for advice on becoming a better manager. I gave ...

I had a great twitter conversation today with Julia Grace on the topic of hiring managers, which you can see in pieces here . The outcome w...