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The problem with velocity

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The problem with velocity

Velocity is one of the most common metrics in software development, but very often is misused. Here's what the process managers get wrong and how to use velocity to the benefit of the whole organization. What does velocity measure One of the most common practices in software development is estimating

How to run an effective retrospective

How to run an effective retrospective

Team retrospective doesn't need fancy formats or activities. It needs to help the team improve. Here's how I run it as an engineering manager

I relearned typing to save my wrists

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I relearned typing to save my wrists

With help of Ergodox keyboard and Colemak layout I changed my typing habits and saved my wrists from severe pain.

From init.vim to init.lua - a crash course

From init.vim to init.lua - a crash course

5 minutes crash course on moving from init.vim to init.lua and unleashing the power of Neovim 0.5!

Reverse interview questions

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Reverse interview questions

How to find out what companies are good places to work? The key it to ask them good questions during the interview process!

Why nobody hires junior developers and what happens next

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Why nobody hires junior developers and what happens next

While the number of job opportunities for software developer skyrockets together with salaries all around the world, fresh grads and junior developers struggle to even get invited for the interviews. Why does it happen and can we do anything about it?

Are you afraid to negotiate salary?

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Are you afraid to negotiate salary?

With a bit of probability and game theory I explain why you should always negotiate your salary!

Resources for Engineering Managers

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Resources for Engineering Managers

A curated collection of books, tools, and other resources for engineering managers

The power of reduce

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The power of reduce

Reduce() is one of the most unintuitive functions, and yet it's so flexible that most of the array functions can be written using reduce()

Engineering manager interviews

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Engineering manager interviews

In this video and article I'm talking about how to prepare for engineering manager interview

Python gotchas for JavaScript developers

Python gotchas for JavaScript developers

Python and JavaScript are close languages, yet they have a couple of surprising differences. In this article I list and explain a few of them

We moved to async stand-ups and never looked back

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We moved to async stand-ups and never looked back

I tried improving stand-ups in 3 different companies. Here's how it went and why I believe async stand-up is a good idea

How to mentor bootcamp graduates

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How to mentor bootcamp graduates

This post was inspired by "How Dev Bootcamps Are Failing Their Students" [https://dev.to/thawkin3/how-dev-bootcamps-are-failing-their-students-5b4h] by Tyler Hawkins [https://dev.to/thawkin3] (and yeah, I started writing it 3 months ago, something something about unfinished projects). Software development bootcamps have passed their hype stage and now they're somewhere

Beyond semantic versioning

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Beyond semantic versioning

An idea on how to improve software versioning and managing dependencies came to my mind a few days ago. I'm yet to figure out how it would exactly work, but I thought I'd share it first.

Why Python has won among dynamic languages

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Why Python has won among dynamic languages

Recently I've been reflecting on the (loosely defined) quality and popularity of programing languages. Despite growing appreciation for static typing and compilers (whether in fully-compiled languages like Java or with JIT recently introduced in PHP or Ruby), 2 dynamic, scripting languages pushed their way up in the popularity rankings in

12 ways to call a method in Ruby

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12 ways to call a method in Ruby

A fun little experiment where I try to call the same method in Ruby in as many ways as possible