soft skills

Tech companies care about projects, not tickets

Keep your meetings smooth and your priorities on track!

In this Company of One summary, we'll explain why growth isn't always good, and how to enjoy the benefits of a large organization without the burdens of one.

In Engineering, quarterly OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) can feel like a duplication of product planning. Basically, they say “Ship the Roadmap.” What new information are they comm…

Atte Juvonen

Vercel Security Checkpoint

There are so many buzzwords and best practices out there, but let's focus on something more fundamental. What matters is the amount of confusion developers feel when going through the code.

A field guide and why we need to rethink our expectations

I set out to find a simple definition that would help managers frame the fundamental things they expect from software engineers.

Does it HAVE to be Daily?

I was recently asked to help resolve an escalation at work. It had already bounced around between a few people, and was very muddied with conflicting reports not to mention frustration that the issue existed in the first place. Apparently I am insane, because I like situations like this.

Dear new developer, When I was starting out, I thought that software development was all about code. After all, that was the main thing I was working on. Well, maybe not the main thing, as I needed…

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UPDATE: I’ve added a short section on the topic of sponsorship. I think that there’s a lot of institutional knowledge in our field, especially

Using personality clues strategically to stress test potential hires

Advice from the author of Childhood Unplugged