F*** You, I Quit — Hiring Is Broken

Disclaimer: This is a story about my interview experience in the tech industry. No personal names will be used to preserve anonymity. The title refers to the industry as a whole, not to any particular company.

I Got 99 Problems And Your Hiring Practices Are All Of Them (Part 6)

This is the sixth and final article in my series about problems in the hiring process. The previous articles covered everything from continuous recruiting efforts and job descriptions to onsite interviews. Now we have to make some decisions in order to get (and keep) great employees.

Overcome the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team

The first part of the story outlined the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team as described in Patrick Lencioni’s book. As much information as it contains, teamwork ultimately comes down to practicing a small set of principles (not a sophisticated theory) over a long period of time with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

David Bowie knew how to inspire creativity in his peers

David Bowie’s life and music has been remembered and revisited around the world this week, because it includes both his birthday (Jan. 8) and the anniversary of his death from liver cancer on Jan. 10, 2016, at age 69.

ASOS: lessons in tech talent from the fashion frontline

Recruiting, retaining and inspiring your tech team is one of the biggest issues that developing businesses face. So we jumped at the chance to hear from ASOS’s Chief Information Officer Cliff Cohen and Chief Technology Officer Bob Strudwick, on how the global retailer and tech business tackles this challenge.

Stuff Isn't Culture

Perks don't create loyalty and those things don't get people invested. When we talk about perks, we're talking about stuff. You know: the pool tables, the cell phone, the fridge full of beer. But those are "benefits," not culture.

Engineering Management: The Pendulum Or The Ladder

Last night I was out with a dear friend who has been an engineering manager for a year now, and by two drinks in I was rattling off a long list things I always say to newer engineering managers.

About Time: How to Dig Yourself Out of Overwhelm

tl:dr everything I know about digging yourself out of overwhelm — probably the single biggest recurring issue I have with my tech leader clients. Don’t have time to read it? You probably need to read it.

Management bugs: 18 months later

Nearly a year ago, I wrote an article on an initiative called “management bugs” that I had introduced into our Engineering department at Brandwatch. If you’re not familiar with the concept, then I go into a fair amount of detail in the previous article.

“What does a VP of Engineering do, again?”

This question shows up over and over. And from all sides: Let’s pull this apart.

Leadership: Things we don’t say often enough

If James Pennebaker is right, you and I say about 16,000 words every day. Some of that is necessary and urgent conversation like, “Where’s the bathroom?” But most of what we say isn’t urgent and isn’t necessary.

Large-Scale Agile: Where Do You Want Your Complexity?

One of the pernicious problems in large-scale software development is cross-team coordination. Most large-scale Agile methods focus on product and portfolio coordination, but there's a harder problem out there: coordinating the engineering work.

The U.S. Department of Defense on How To Detect 'Agile BS'

Agile is one of the most common development methodologies — and one of the most commonly misimplemented. So it’s not surprising that the world of online programmers responded strongly to the release of an informative new document from the U.S.

Kanban Kata – Hakan Forss's Blog

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle. What are the routines you need to put in place to continuously strive for excellence? What are the habits we need to put in place to evolutionary evolve our processes.

How to Slow Down to Go Faster Than Ever in Software Development

Going fast without control could be the biggest enemy of software development. The three main areas where you should slow down in are people, process, and product. Before digging into details, let me start with a story. I guess it was 2011.

Achieve Absolute Transparency With Portfolio Kanban

Having process transparency is a key element for the successful execution of any plan that involves people working together. Although product management is no exception, some leaders fail to recognize that.

The State of Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2018

As a web application firewall provider, part of our job at Imperva is to continually monitor for new security vulnerabilities.