Scaling with Your Team
I still remember the exchange. It was about 18 months into my tenure at Square—so about 5–6 years ago at time of this writing in 2018—and I've had the good...
Management
Skills for Aspiring Engineering Directors
Prevailing wisdom suggests that within the ranks of management, despite their proximity on most career ladders, the roles of a manager and a director are meaningfully different. Just as it's difficult to appreciate...
To Practice Management
My weekly routine lets me talk to a pretty wide range of engineers at different points in their careers. Between candidate interviews and mentoring, I chat with everyone from new grads to more seasoned and...
Review: The Leadership Pipeline
Management books are mostly hit-or-miss for me; I find that a good number of them are products of their eras, of specific trends and technologies, and sometimes fads that feel antiquated[1]. Due to the...
Review: How F*cked Up is Your Management?
The title gives it away: How F*cked Up is Your Management is a book tries to tackle management topics from an angle that's purposefully uncomfortable and blunt. The authors pride themselves on being forthcoming and honest in their assessments of what plagues most managers, with a bias towards (again) the tech industry...
Manager's Club Interview
Closing out a personally successful and exciting 2017[1], I did a short interview with Manager's Club on various management topics and advice for new managers or those who are thinking of getting into management. I've written/spoken on many of these topics in the past, but this interview is a...