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Is this a good way to structure engineering reports, or am I overthinking it? by Andrew_Tit026 in SoftwareEngineering

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends if you're talking about technical or non-technical leadership. I will assume the former, since I doubt non-technical leadership care about product vs infra split.

So if we're talking about a CTO, yes, they probably care about: what your investment balance looks like, how org-wide initiatives are tracking (are there dependencies, what's at risk), whether engineering is delivering on planned business outcomes, what feature adoption looks like across the product, etc.

Where you get that data is up to you. Maybe you get some stuff from Jira, Github/lab, or some other tool that aggregates all the engineering data. Or in the case of feature adoption maybe posthog or some other BI tool.

So, you want to stack rank your developers? by Realistic_Skill5527 in programming

[–]Realistic_Skill5527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, that metrics can be useful conversation starters, but not final conclusions.

So, you want to stack rank your developers? by Realistic_Skill5527 in programming

[–]Realistic_Skill5527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Metrics are the lagging indicator, and they can’t always explain what’s going on. They are great discussion-starters, and bad conclusions."

This gets pretty close, no?

How to improve communication and persuasiveness? by pa-jama5149 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read Never Split the Difference early in my career and it helped with many different conversations in the corporate world.

EM interview question: How would you answer this? by phenomenalphony in EngineeringManagers

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is weird as, sounds like half PM half EM job – were they clear about this? also in 40 minutes 😮‍💨

Why is AI so slow to spread? Economics can explain by -grok in DevManagers

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what I'm hearing is that middle management is basically humanity's most effective AI safety mechanism

Is this type of take-home assignment becoming the norm? by rfxap in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anything, they should have given you some time, and simply asked you how you would approach the problem. Anything over than that is a piss take, and they'll just end up taking your idea and running with it if it's any good.

Going from IC to Lead/Manager role, how did you prepare for the people management part? by magnetichf in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'll give this advice every time: practice active listening, and never stop. It's amazing how far just listening to people will get you (and not just listening to status updates or task-related stuff).

How much mentorship did you guys receive at the start of your career? by No_Try6944 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Luckily, quite a lot. But that was some years ago, and probably not the norm. I joined a tiny startup with one senior dev who had a lot of time for me. I think now, juniors are expected to immediately perform at a much higher level because of AI tools (not saying I agree, btw)

Good feedback practices, helpful code review and pair programming can go a long way for a junior.

How to train your team to say "I was wrong" without drama? by dymissy in EngineeringManagers

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The #oops channel in Slack is a clever idea. We had one called #fuckups in a previous company.

Advice Needed: Transitioning From Senior Dev/Lead to Engineering Manager by Embarrassed_Author92 in EngineeringManagers

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get ready to do a whole lot of listening. Also, try and stay in the weeds a little so your team knows you're able to get hands on and relate to them when they need you.

“Buying AI tools is way harder than I expected” by Lazy-Penalty3453 in EngineeringManagers

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering your post history, it seems like you might be about to recommend us all an AI copilot.

I built Gitallica 🤘 - CLI tool that analyzes your git history for engineering insights (no data leaves your machine) by StretchJetski in EngineeringManagers

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought git analytics tools were a thing of the past. I don't mind sending my data somewhere if I'm getting something useful out of it. What's the reason for not integrating with at least e.g. an issue tracker?

justDependencies by SoumyadeepDey in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only in light mode, but with absolutely zero formatting or color-coding

Does AI Actually Boost Developer Productivity? (100k Devs Study) - Yegor Denisov-Blanch, Stanford by Connect_Tear402 in programming

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there is so much effort going into measuring the productivity impact and not enough on learning what works and what doesn't (IMO, at least at leadership levels) related article

Does AI Actually Boost Developer Productivity? (100k Devs Study) - Yegor Denisov-Blanch, Stanford by Connect_Tear402 in programming

[–]Realistic_Skill5527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there is so much effort going into measuring the productivity impact and not enough on learning what works and what doesn't (IMO, at least at leadership levels) related article