Elided Branches

I got feisty on twitter this week and wrote up some tweets on manager READMEs, a recent hot trend in management. Let’s break them down...

When I wrote “ The Manager’s Path ” I talked about what it means to work at the various levels of leadership, but I didn’t really talk as m...

I’m often asked about the characteristics of great engineering managers. This is a question that almost always has a long answer that invol...

Effective delegation is one of the most critical skills a manager can learn. Without effective delegation, you fall victim to micromanaging...

Alignment, in the teamwork sense, means “a position of agreement or alliance.” It is one of the critical qualities that determines success ...

I have a bad habit. I noticed it today as I was leaving a comment in a strategy document. I’d highlighted some text that I found unclear an...

*May also apply to senior ICs Earlier this year, I wrote a piece called “How do Individual Contributors Get Stuck?” This was an attemp...