How I ship projects at big tech companies(seangoedecke.com)
1297 points by gfysfm | 360 comments
Sean Goedecke's blog post on how he leads and ships projects at big tech companies, and the common mistakes engineers make when shipping.
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I'm addicted to being useful(seangoedecke.com)
519 points by swah | 265 comments
Sean Goedecke's blog essay on loving his software engineering job because he is driven by being useful, drawing on Gogol's The Overcoat.
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Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases(seangoedecke.com)
695 points by BerislavLopac | 307 comments
Blog post by Sean Goedecke on common mistakes engineers make when working in large, decade-old codebases with hundreds of contributors.
Were Software Engineers blue-collar workers all along?(ptrbrynt.com)
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Personal blog essay by Peter Bryant arguing that software engineers may be better understood as blue-collar skilled tradespeople than white-collar workers.
When your coworker does great work, tell their manager (2020)(jvns.ca)
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Julia Evans blog post arguing you should tell a coworker's manager when they do great work, summarizing advice gathered from Twitter replies.
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work(seangoedecke.com)
1015 points by dondraper36 | 364 comments
Blog post by Sean Goedecke arguing engineers should understand the current system deeply and then do the simplest thing that could possibly work.
How I estimate work(seangoedecke.com)
450 points by mattjhall | 268 comments
Sean Goedecke's blog post on how he approaches estimating software work as a staff engineer, arguing accurate estimation is impossible.
Things I've learned in my 10 years as an engineering manager(jampa.dev)
514 points by jampa | 133 comments
A blog post by Jampa Uchoa sharing non-obvious lessons learned over ten years working as an engineering manager.