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… [more]

Meet with me!

Come meet with me about software engineering things, career things, business things, or bike things.

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Some Thoughts on Engineering Leaderhip

So this article started as a thread of tweets. I want to expand on it, so I am going to quote all the tweets here and the… [more]

Why weird team names make sense

I've managed teams named, among other things, Python-Brug, and Banpo. Named for bridges in different cities, while we worked on a product named Bridge. A lot of people look at those names and t… [more]