Peopleware
Do The Right Thing4 minutes read.
Cap Watkins with an inspirational read on being a thoughtful leader and do the right thing for your team: "If people know you’re always acting in their best interests (and not simply your own or the company’s), they’ll trust you and come along when you want to try something new. And if you admit when you’re wrong and try something else, they’ll trust you even more."
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Lessons Learned in Software Development8 minutes read.
Henrik Warne shares great insights and lessons he picked up along the years, and I'm sure you'll enjoy, and learn from them too. Share it with other engineers in your company, there are so many gems in it I cannot even pick one or two to write here.
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Your Best Employees Will Leave You. Here’s What To Do About It.5 minutes read.
I had this discussion at work a few days ago, about the importance of building a team and brand that will allow you to deal with the fact that employees will leave. The worst thing that could happen is not that someone leaves, because that could often happen regardless of what you did or what happened inside of the company. Some people want to do relocation, others wants a role that you cannot offer. The worst part is losing talent without building a powerful brand that will allow you to hire others just as good (even if different). Companies such as Google, Facebook, Stripe, Etsy, Spotify, Uber and others lost many employees along the years, but they also created a brand that helped them to hire others, and keep the quality of the team high.
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