Senior Mindset

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Getting that senior title is easy. Just stick around. Being a true senior takes a new way of thinking — these essays teach you how.

Senior Mindset articles

3 articles from March 2025 · show all

Sprint vs Shape Up vs Kanban

Whenever I talk about sprints, someone mentions Shape Up. So you have 9 week sprints – what's the difference?

Why sprints

For the past few months I've been introducing sprints into a chaotic startup that's been growing so fast everyone's got whiplash. Since August, 5 engineers turned into 12. I think it's starting to work.

Talk to more users sooner

Debate less, ship more.