Swizec's articles in the "management" category
I aim to write mindblowing emails with real insight into the career and skills of a modern software engineer. "Raw and honest from the heart!" as one reader described them.
Below are 15 articles filed under management. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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The art of the cowboy merge 🤠
how do you catch a critical deadline that cannot be missed? We're talking external stakeholders, millions on the line, and it all hinges on *your* team getting it done on time. No overtime
September 8th, 2022
Reader Question: What do collaborative teams look like?
New members on our team invariably say 2 things:
1. Wow I've never seen a team move this fast 2. This approach feels weird. I'm uncomfortable
Teams like this are not common.
August 27th, 2022
Reader question: So about that perfect burndown chart ...
If your approach works so well, why isn't every team doing this?
August 6th, 2022
How we made the best burndown chart you've ever seen
My entire career I've never seen a sprint finished on time. The new manager said "Oh I think we can fix that" ... 18 months later he proved me wrong
April 12th, 2022
This is how lifestyle inflation snuck up on me
January 7th, 2015
My new favourite pomodoro app
September 20th, 2013
Lessons learned after a month of freelancing full time
October 30th, 2012
Natural Language Generation system architectures
May 30th, 2012
The best $5 I have ever spent
December 13th, 2011
Why I only work with startups
November 17th, 2011
I learned two things today 31.8.
August 31st, 2011
Living life in 25min increments
June 21st, 2011
Workflowy is to TODO as git is to svn
November 23rd, 2010
Clients need deadlines too
November 10th, 2010
The greatest casual game ever devised
January 6th, 2010
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
Join Swizec's Newsletter and get insightful emails 💌 on mindsets, tactics, and technical skills for your career. Real lessons from building production software. No bullshit.
"Man, love your simple writing! Yours is the only newsletter I open and only blog that I give a fuck to read & scroll till the end. And wow always take away lessons with me. Inspiring! And very relatable. 👌"