Imagine you have been leading a team of a decent size for a while, and then over time, your team grows beyond the healthy size of a single team, or your team’s mission expands, and another team joins you. …

I had seen README documents before, but I didn’t realise their full potential until I recently wrote one for myself. Using READMEs became a popular trend with GitHub profiles, where people could showcase their skills and achievements. However, the README pages shared internally within a company serve a slightly different…

7 lessons learned in the middle of a team-split — How we got there Before splitting, our team had 3 engineering managers and 19 engineers, excluding other cross-functional roles like PM and design. The team organically grew in order to support the needs of our company’s new app development platform. …

How not to burn your team down for an artificial deadline — How it all got started It started as a very small feature request by another team driving a big initiative. As we dug in and better understood the big picture, more doubts grew on whether this is the right approach. What was originally assumed to be a very small fix (option b), turned into something…

6 tips to get better results solving problems for a technical interview — Why solve a problem? In this previous post, I have described the interview where you are asked to talk about a past project and discuss your role in it. This interview is very good at revealing your ambitions and attitude at work. However, your prospective employer would also like to know if you know…

7 tips for doing a better job of explaining a project — Why should you even listen to me? I have attended many interviews during my career, and I have conducted even more. I have made some stupid mistakes along the way, and I have seen many candidates doing the same. …

How I learned to manage my time better as a new engineering manager — How it all got started It was early January and I had just got back from my parental leave, when my skip manager pulled me aside and asked me if I was still interested to pursue a life in management. Where I was back then, in terms of technical growth I had two paths ahead…

How I made myself redundant during GFC — The move I grew up in a “developing” country, a place that sees a lot of its professionals leaving for somewhere else in pursuit of a better life. Before leaving, myself, I worked there for a few years during and after uni. At one time, I was finishing my bachelor’s in software…