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.
#software-teams on Hacker News
6 stories tagged software-teams, newest first.
How to Lead in a Room Full of Experts(idiallo.com)
405 points by jnord | 119 comments
Blog post by Ibrahim Diallo on how to lead effectively when managing a team of experts who know more than you.
The Worst Programmer I Know (2023)(dannorth.net)
448 points by rbanffy | 308 comments
Dan North's blog post about colleague Tim Mackinnon, who scored zero on individual productivity metrics because he spent his time helping teammates, and why North defended him.
Milk Kanban(brodzinski.com)
405 points by ladronevincet | 154 comments
Blog post by Pawel Brodzinski describing an office practice of tagging milk cartons with cards to signal restocking, as a simple example of Kanban.
Hitting OKRs vs. Doing Your Job(jessitron.com)
333 points by zdw | 211 comments
A Jessitron blog post discussing the tension between hitting OKRs (objectives and key results) and actually doing your job well.
The worst programmer I know(dannorth.net)
1417 points by zdw | 571 comments
Dan North blog post about Tim Mackinnon, a colleague who scored zero on individual productivity metrics because he spent his time helping teammates.