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Jan 1, 2021

The three keys to success in engineering (or any job)

Since this is something which comes up often in conversation, I wanted to document my answer to the question, “How do I get ahead?”. …

Engineering

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The three keys to success in engineering (or any job)
The three keys to success in engineering (or any job)

Dec 5, 2020

Design anti-pattern: Tightly coupling infrastructure to org structure

One common design anti-pattern in the software engineering industry that I’ve come across repeatedly over the years is the practice of having infrastructure mirror the organizational structure of the company using it - a systems-level application of Conway’s law. …

Infrastructure

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Jan 24, 2018

The 10 qualities of world-class leaders

Aspiring leaders often ask what the important traits are of a successful leader. Typically, the best advice is to model the desired behaviours observed in other successful leaders. The following is my personal list of what I have observed to be 10 of the most important qualities of world-class leaders. Optimize for the team’s success …

Leadership

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Jun 29, 2017

Measuring the efficiency of test automation in software projects

Test automation is accepted as a best practice and seen as a must in nearly all software engineering projects. After all, automated tests can run continuously 24/7/365 without any breaks and are the best way to quickly catch regressions in the code base almost as soon as they are introduced…

Software Testing

5 min read


Jan 23, 2017

Maintaining technical continuity through turnover

Technical continuity is an important aspect of any engineering team as the team’s staffing changes over time. Engineers will move on to new opportunities for legitimate reasons and new faces will be hired to take their place. For large enough teams, losing a few seasoned engineers at once is not…

Software Development

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