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the blind side of seniority
I was raised by a father who loved underdogs. Kelly's Heroes and the stories of the Black Sheep squadron , were some of his favorites to watch and tell. These were stories of outcasts, thrown… [more]
What Makes a Senior Engineer Senior, and How Do You Build a Great Team?
A while back I was reading James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State , and toward the end of it he goes on a long tangent about agriculture. Specifically about the high modernist urge to rationalize… [more]
What Do Future Engineers Look Like?
…Do they stick with the issue until find the solution? Leadership / Bar Raiser What aspect of the engineering team’s work would this person be the “go-to person” for? When you are hiring, you are… [more]
the megaphone
…and, by extension, nuance. One of the challenges of leadership is that we all carry around a megaphone. It's the only thing we speak through in our role, and it has its pros and cons. On the one… [more]
The Hunt Begins
…might shed some light on it: Some Thoughts on Engineering Leadership Last Lectures What Makes a Great Team Lead Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software Why Weird Team Names Make… [more]
help the person next to you
…announcing to the world how tough they are, the preening leaders who don’t want to get dirty, and the look-at-me former athletes who have always been told they are stars but have never have been… [more]
Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip
…more fleshed out. Here we go! Some thoughts on engineering leadership a thread (and not a long one) -> — Daniel Sellers (@daniel_sellers) April 15, 2022 This is the intro... nothing to see… [more]
Last Lectures
…some since then but probably hasn't changed much. As a leader, some of your team members will leave your team. It's going to happen. As I started my time at Osmosis, I realized that… [more]
What Makes a Team Lead Great?
…(Orson Scott Card) is one of my favorite discussions of leadership styles. It's basically a story designed to prove that small independent teams beat large top down teams every time. Card might… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
This last week, I had my leadership team in town for the first time in a while for some planning meetings, and some team building. I am always looking to learn from different disciplines, so I thought… [more]
The infinite power of people
…Power over is driven by fear. Daring and transformative leaders share power with, empower people to, and inspire people to develop power within.” Consider this your reminder to lead WITH people not… [more]
Some thoughts inspired by "Toward peer review as a group engagement"
These are rough thoughts and should be taken as such. Think of them more as the interesting points that deserve thought in a context that the author of the paper (Andrea Bonaccorsi) was not… [more]
Lumio UtahJS Conf 2022
…Open Jobs Team Lead We're looking for people centered leaders who build strong remote teams and help drive excellence. Sr. Software Engineer We're looking for engineers who love building… [more]
2021: Year in Review
…Recognizing and Responding to the Voice of the Spirit as a Leader | An Interview with Elder Craig A. Cardon Pure Doctrines Relearned | An Interview with Fiona and Terryl Givens The Moth Radio Hour: In… [more]
Encourage teams to take risks
…this is all about me, let me pull a couple of important leadership lessons from this conversation, because they are broadly applicable, and I use them every day while leading engineering teams. The… [more]
Antisemitism ends with us
…A good first step is to work with your company's leadership group to sign the pledge started by Utah Tech Leads . Speaking out publicly is a good first step. A good second step is putting your… [more]
2020: A year
…from it, other then the need for emotional intelligence in leaders. The Mamba Mentality - Kobe Bryant Probably one of the best books on becoming excellent out there. Are you willing to pay the cost?… [more]
Tech Things I read in 2018
…If you want to get better at being a team member or team leader read this one. Excellent book. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems… [more]
Direct Feedback
…me of a a training meeting I was in a while ago for leadership in one of the local congregations of the LDS church. We were talking about this verse: Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon… [more]
Confidence Without Ego
When I was young I thought humility was placing yourself below other people. To believe that they were better than me. To subserviate myself to their opinions and requests. I thought of the… [more]
Moving the World
…party won or lost last night is really irrelevant. Our leaders have been chosen, and now it is requisite that we all get to work. Our nation faces some of the most challenging problems in it's… [more]
Trust and the Box
…then just getting things done. We are taught to trust our leaders completely, and that even when we don’t we should still do what they say without much discussion. They are the leader. They must… [more]