Life In Software Engineering, Careers in Tech, Leadership, Engineering Culture.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat is a one-on-one meeting? In most general terms, a one-on-one is a meeting between two people. In the corporate world, it is associated with a discussion where two people exchange candid feedback, share concerns and discuss how they can be more helpful to each other. It is also used…
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Reading Time: 7 minutesThat amazing feeling. Imagine that you are immersed in a task, completely absorbed by the process of executing it. Your mind is one with what you are doing. Complexities of the task are clear and all aspects seem connected in well-understood ways. Your body appears to be floating and only…
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Reading Time: 1 minuteDoodle I made during a technical meeting.
Reading Time: 1 minuteThis doodle is from 2013, and it was taken during an all day series of meetings. I titled it “Presence”; can you tell why?
Reading Time: 5 minutesMeetings are unpopular In development organizations, software engineers often question why they need to spend time in meetings and tracking their work. They label time spent not coding as “ritualistic overhead”, “agile bureaucracy” and a waste of time. This point of view is natural, as developers learn to write code…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThis entry is part 4 of 8 in the series principles Let’s play make-believe. You are in a meeting with several people; each of them is an expert in different facets of the topic. The discussion is strategically important, stakes are high, but you realize that some aspects of what…
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Reading Time: 1 minuteI made this doodle during a very important discussion about “mistakes to avoid”. I replaced the text of my notes with a Lorem ipsum, but left the doodle-decoration.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis entry is part 6 of 8 in the series principlesIn the tech world, it is hard work to craft strategies. We rarely have all the needed information; we don’t know what will happen in the future, and everything changes all the time. Despite the difficulty, we need to decide…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThis entry is part 3 of 8 in the series principlesOur lives are full of facts that we have to presume true. If we tried to verify every single truth, we would end up paralyzed, constantly checking and re-checking everything, like a mental patient with a debilitating case of OCD….
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Reading Time: 5 minutesThis entry is part 2 of 8 in the series principlesImagine the following situation Three friends are thirsty. They decide to drink some water from a nearby fountain. The first friend scoops water using his hands. He starts drinking without delays and is done before the others have started. However,…
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