I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code”
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I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code”
An opinion column for developers. Brutally honest, no pulled punches.
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Natural consequences
Why do people often fail to learn from mistakes? As a leader or mentor, how do you ensure folks understand the consequences of their actions and impro...
Meet the new boss
How should you adapt to a new manager? What should you discuss at your first one-on-one?
Middle manager massacre (span sanity part deux)
How do you reduce middle managers without harming productivity or employee development? Which middle managers should you keep?
Can we agree on something? (SLAs)
Why do short clear SLAs improve your services, customer satisfaction, and life? How do you write and use an effective SLA?
Managing PMs
How do guide PMs to positively impact your team, your business, and your customers? What if your peers and management chain all see the PM role differ...
Is The Terminator coming for you?
What is the impact of AI on software engineers? How will it impact our children?
Everybody wants to rule the world
Should I be more ambitious? How do I align my career with what I value most?
What, me worry? Promotions and confidence
How do you gain the confidence needed for a promotion as you undertake unfamiliar next-level work? How do you win over your manager and other decision...
Knowledge loss
When a subject matter expert (SME) leaves your team, how do you avoid knowledge loss? What common mistakes to teams make?
Just rewards?
How should you feel about the annual rewards you received? What should you expect?
Do you feel lucky?
How do you improve your chances of success? Why consider luck when evaluating people and situations?
I wasn't aware
Why are awareness posters, training, and trinkets mostly ineffective? How do you convert these campaigns into action?
No time like the present
How does responding immediately provide you with essential slack time? How can eschewing prioritization help you prioritize?
Productive power sharing
When a project has multiple leaders, how do you quickly make aligned decisions that stick? Who has final say without abusing that power?
How to pay off (technical) debt
How do you pay off technical debt before a catastrophic failure? How do you convince management to invest the time?
Break the ice blocking your job search
How do you expand and utilize your network to land a new role you love? Why is applying online so unlikely to succeed for an experienced engineer?
High on high potential--drunk on a fallacy
What skills should engineers develop? How should hiring manager prioritize candidates?
What’s this now? Dealing with ambiguity
How do you estimate deliverables, prioritize assignments, design solutions, choose implementations, and verify requirements when there’s no authoritat...
Been the boss
How do you engage with your manager and peers when you're no longer the boss? Should you be the boss again?
A matter of degrees
Is getting an advanced degree worth the time, effort, and cost? Does the university you choose matter?
In the middle of planning
As a middle manager, how do you create a plan in a week that pleases the management chain above you (and partners), the staff below you (including mul...