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 9Jul 9
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 4Jun 4
PinnedPublished inLevel Up CodingTips on Staying Active as a Busy Engineering LeaderEngineering leadership is a demanding job, where back-to-back meetings and challenging conversations characterize each day — you might…Mar 5Mar 5
PinnedPublished inILLUMINATIONCGM Meets AI: My Personal Health Tech Experiment — part 2In the initial part of this series, I shared my experience using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) to track my glucose levels. To…Feb 21Feb 21
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 23Jun 23
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 13May 13
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 18Apr 18
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 2Apr 2
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 22Mar 22