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The design made me thought I was in one of those placeholder sites for domains that were on sale.

This is great! I actually made another sheet in the same file to track historical changes in one of the values by manually checking based on Google's own version history. Of course…

In my team, the role is a Lead who essentially leads the creation process, like you're doing. They do PoCs, R&D and technical requirements while also guiding the ICs in building ou…

All of my planning is digital, so that it's easy to see across devices and by other people. Important + Urgent = Add as event in calendar for today Important + Not-urgent = Calenda…

I find that leading a remote team means most adhoc syncing done between members go away so standups are required. Also, the higher up you go, the more of these meetings you need to…

For #1, 1:1 will help a lot but it will take time as you need to build the relationship enough for them to open up to you. But I agree with #3. The problem is getting the seniors t…

1:1 are for building relationships and talking about long-term goals, in work or otherwise. It's also a good time to discuss big picture goals, seeing where the work you're doing f…

I'll add these two if you're pursuing a manager role: - The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety - Nonviolent Communication Personally, having a servant leader mindset is one of the mo…

What stuck with me are my wellness habits: 1) Regular push ups and planks, except when I was injured or on trips. 2) Tracking my diet which helped me lose 10 kgs. 3) Reading tech-r…

This is precisely what's happened in our company. The project management head was not a servant leader and actively avoided doing real work while telling others what to do and prom…

A senior developer in my book is someone with both leadership skills and the experience to back that up. Most of your work is enabling other developers with a bit of actual dev wor…

As someone in a role that has this as a goal, you've nailed it on the head. Developers can be super productive at home but will miss out in the random discussions and water cooler …

For me, it's getting some devs to become team players. Many of them are good at what they do but sometimes they become big blockers to the progress of others in the team. I try my …

You probably should set your sights more on becoming a lead developer, where your experience as an engineer will be respected but you can transition into management later on. Also …

1. If the original authors are still around, we do a knowledge transfer. 2. Create diagrams about the relationships between all the systems involved. UMLs, ERDs, and all the rest o…

Surround yourself with good supportive people and avoid those who put you down. In my younger years, you can't avoid the people who tend to project their insecurities on you: bulli…

The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey: Made me realize that trust is essential in human interactions. Helped me through my businesses, career, and community building. Atomic Habits b…

Started one before both as an indie dev and with a few other fellows. The main reason I switched back to employment for now is to both have a stable income (nest egg is running out…

I think some sectors in finance add value. It boils down to the people your company is trying to make richer.

As I got older, I found that I wake up in the middle of the night more often. Often, this is because I need to pee. This doesn't affect the quality of my sleep if I can doze off so…

4 Stages of Psychological Safety - when they feel it's safe to communicate, the team trusts each other more and makes unblocking easy. The First 90 Days - good book for planning ou…

No matter how brilliant you are, if you don't know how to work with a team, your growth as a developer will stagnate.

I won't be working with software houses if it can be helped. Sure, some of them place you in companies that actually produce software used and sold to people. But whenever I've bui…