ALT “At its most basic the need for overtime reflects a breakdown in professionalism, priorities, and agility.…” from “Overtime Hurts Your Software & Your Team” by James Thompson.
ALT “…Since we are in limited resources, we won’t be able to work on every subject at the same time. We need to take decisions on what we are going to do with the team we have.…” from “Simple tools to design your roadmap” by Jean-Charles Samuelian.
ALT “This is probably the most underrated skill for technical leaders. Quality of communication impacts the speed at which information is absorbed, the number of errors that happen in translation, the cost of context switching, and more. Investing in this skill means writing better design documents, disseminating experience reports, communicating via email…” from “How To Be a More Influential Engineer” by Derek Hammer.
ALT “…Diverse perspectives make for better solutions and arguments are fundamental to collaboration, but disagreements are only productive when everyone involved feels understood.” from “Everyday Empathy” by Erika Hall.
ALT “Designers and developers can’t make progress if people constantly pull at their attention. It doesn’t matter if support finds a bug or sales needs a new feature. Allocating resources means dedicating resources. Whoever allocates the time and money to build a feature must also protect the team so they can do what was asked. It takes a mandate from above to secure the team’s…” from “Running in Circles” by Ryan Singer.
ALT “Complexity is like addiction… It comes on slowly, forming weak bonds that you can barely feel. But as it continues, the bonds strengthen quietly until they calcify and become hard to break.” from “Case study: How complexity creeps in” by Jason Fried.