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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…

Keynote: Mapping a Career in Leadership

Keynote: Mapping a Career in Leadership

A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of performing a keynote speech for a meetup of engineering managers and leaders in San Francisco. Hosted by a community that is, well, called exactly that—San Francisco Engineering Leadership Community (SFELC)…

Review: High Output Management

Review: High Output Management

High Output Management reminds me a bit of A Random Walk Down Wall Street — Mostly in the sense that both are the grandfather tomes, of people management and investment strategy respectively. And while both are worth the time to read…

Scaling with Your Team

Scaling with Your Team

I still remember the exchange. It was about 18 months into my tenure at Square—so about 5–6 years ago at time of this writing in 2018—and I've had the good fortune of working with a…

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Skills for Aspiring Engineering Directors

Skills for Aspiring Engineering Directors

Prevailing wisdom suggests that within the ranks of management, despite their proximity on most career ladders, the roles of a manager and a director are meaningfully different. Just as it's difficult to appreciate the responsibilities of line management…

To Practice Management

To Practice Management

My weekly routine lets me talk to a pretty wide range of engineers at different points in their careers. Between candidate interviews and mentoring, I chat with everyone from new grads to more seasoned and experienced senior engineers to tech…