Focus on Project Value Using Business Strategy
Align engineering projects with business strategy to maximize value. Learn to identify and discuss strategic alignment, becoming a force multiplier in your organization.
Sunsetting Legacy Systems: A Story by Netflix
Explore Netflix's 2-year journey in sunsetting a crucial legacy system, uncovering challenges and strategies in large-scale tech transitions.
Software Estimation - Embracing Nuance and Controlled Chaos
Embrace nuance and control chaos in software estimation to confidently deliver on commitments. Learn strategies for effective project management and timeline prediction.
Starting a New Job at Staff-Level: Effective Strategies
Discover strategies for effectively starting a new Staff-level position and maximizing your impact from day one.
Moon to Mars: Planning and Executing for the Long Term
Explore long-term planning strategies for ambitious projects, from establishing cross-team relationships to continuous testing and measurement for building confidence in goals.
Driving Clarity in Ambiguous Projects
Discover effective strategies for navigating ambiguous projects and driving clarity, based on real-world experiences and practical advice.
Building the Perfect Asynchronous Meeting
Discover effective strategies for crafting ideal asynchronous meetings, enhancing team communication and productivity in remote work environments.
The Awful Agony of the App Store - When Software Delivery Goes Wrong
Explore key components of successful software development through a dramatic tale of a failed iOS app, offering insights for overcoming obstacles beyond your control.
Scaling Your Influence Through Documentation
Discover effective strategies for scaling influence as a Staff Engineer through documentation and working groups, enhancing impact on both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
The Dark Side of Standardization
Explore the pros and cons of standardization projects in tech organizations, learning to assess their suitability and avoid common pitfalls.
Organizational Design for Efficient Product Development
Explore organizational structures' impact on product development. Learn to choose and implement the best structure for your team's needs and product stage.
Spin It Up, Shut It Down - Creating and Dissolving Effective Project Teams
Learn to create, maintain, and gracefully shut down project teams. Discover strategies for building purposeful teams, driving pace, and recognizing when to conclude team operations.
Finding Balance - Implementing Effective Processes in Engineering Teams
Discover strategies for implementing effective, balanced processes that enhance team productivity and engineer satisfaction while adapting to evolving needs and cultural dynamics.
Starting from Nothing: Bootstrapping Teams as a Staff Engineer
Discover strategies for bootstrapping teams and driving impactful projects as a staff engineer. Learn to navigate challenges, inspire vision, and lead from within to deliver exceptional outcomes.
The OSS Maintainer to Staff Engineer Pipeline - StaffPlus New York 2024
Explore how open source software maintenance practices translate to staff engineering skills, scaling influence, and effective collaboration.
Using a Whiteboard for Efficient Project Planning and Development
Discover how using a whiteboard for project planning can significantly boost productivity and streamline the development process in web projects.
Beyond Magic: How to Talk About Data Science with Non-Technical Audiences
Learn effective strategies for communicating data science concepts to non-technical audiences, improving collaboration, and promoting your work within your organization.
No-Code Open Source Software Contributions
Discover diverse ways to contribute to open-source projects without coding. Learn to make projects no-code friendly, broaden your contributor community, and maximize impact beyond the codebase.
How to Talk About Your Open Source Project So People Get It
Learn effective strategies to communicate your open source project, attract the right users, and build a lasting community. Discover positioning principles to articulate project value and reach ideal contributors.
Getting Started with Good First Issues
Navigate the world of open source contributions with practical advice on finding and approaching "good first issues" for new contributors.
The 10,000 Steps of Open Source Project Health
Explore Meta's approach to measuring and nurturing open source project health, focusing on quality metrics and community building strategies for sustainable growth.