PinnedCultivating Excellence in Team with Continuous Software Engineering — Part 1: Defining Excellence…This series of articles will explain how to use Continuous Software Engineering (see this paper from 2014), a framework to promote…Jul 9, 2024Jul 9, 2024
PinnedPublished inLevel Up CodingVitamin B for Engineering Teams: Psychological SafetyIn the previous article, we looked at how maintaining a good level of Vitamin A helps our body with vision. In the same way, “dogfooding”…Jun 4, 2024Jun 4, 2024
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PinnedPublished inBetter ProgrammingEffective Staff Meetings for Engineering Managers of ManagersA critical milestone in the ever-evolving engineering management career is the transition to managing managers. This milestone often…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
Published inLevel Up CodingVitamin C for Engineering Teams: Building Resiliency through CompassionIn our previous article, we covered the importance of Vitamin B in maintaining energy and health and how this can be compared to…Jun 23, 2024Jun 23, 2024
Vitamin A for Engineering teams: Dogfooding your productThe last three articles explored the parallels between macronutrients and team management elements: carbs were seen as motivation to inject…May 13, 2024May 13, 2024
Published inLevel Up CodingThe “Macros” for healthy engineering teams — part 3: FatsAfter looking at carbs and motivation in the first article and protein and continuous improvement in the second article, we will dive into…Apr 18, 2024Apr 18, 2024
The “Macros” for healthy engineering teams — part 2: ProteinsAfter exploring carbs and motivation in the first article, we are now turning our focus to the second “macro”: protein.Apr 2, 2024Apr 2, 2024
Published inLevel Up CodingThe “Macros” for healthy engineering teams — part 1: CarbsThis series explores the parallels between nutritional macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) and critical elements that drive…Mar 22, 2024Mar 22, 2024