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Parenthood :: Management

Parenthood :: Management

Does becoming a parent make for a better manager? I remember vividly when I first brought it up as a possibility. I was interviewing at a few companies after deciding to end my time at Square, and wanted to continue…

Review: Trillion Dollar Coach

Review: Trillion Dollar Coach

Even executives of the Fortune 500 need coaches, too. And if a number of these companies happen to be in Silicon Valley, at a time when the technology industry is dominating the upper-end of public market capitalizations and valuations,…

Review: The Making of a Manager

Review: The Making of a Manager

There is certainly no shortage of management books[1]. Most of the good ones are written by tenured executives, while the advice bestowed by management consultants tends to be hit-or-miss. I've come across more books recently…

How Many People Do You Manage?

How Many People Do You Manage?

If you’ve been in any sort of management position, you can relate to having to answer this question, time and again. Recruiters; hiring managers; even fellow people managers—it's one of the easiest heuristics to quantify scope…

The Personalities that Make Software Development Suck

The Personalities that Make Software Development Suck

Spend any time building software in a professional setting, and there will be patterns that you can see develop, across teams and companies and domains that span reach of software and automation. There are, of course, the office-dwelling archetypes…

Review: Principles: Life and Work

Review: Principles: Life and Work

Principles. I mean, the title alone—as an important facet of management—is something that I already agree with. For folks looking to step up to higher levels of group management, developing and iterating on mental frameworks and core principles…