🦔 DevEx Study, Team Trust, Commodity Engineers, Silos, Fury Driven Development, Waste, Indecision: TMW #367

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Reads of the Week

Microsoft: Study Proves Investing in ‘DevEx’ Pays Off -- Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft says organizational focus on improving the overall developer experience -- as opposed to traditional developer productivity/velocity measurements -- pays off, according to new research.

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The Tension between Authentic and Adaptive Leadership - NOBL Academy

Modern leadership isn’t one type of leadership; it must be a blend of approaches depending on your context and core values

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Your First Year as a CTO: A Comprehensive Guide

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What if everybody did everything right?

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Culture, People & Teams

Engineers Are Not A Commodity

Stop thinking of engineers like they’re cogs in a wheel.

Stay SaaSyStay SaaSy

Bridging Silos and Overcoming Collaboration Antipatterns in Multidisciplinary Organizations

Emily Webber explores some common anti-patterns and the problems that those anti-patterns create, then shares some approaches and techniques to break those silos down to work together better.

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Building A High-Performing Team — Chapter 3

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The Social Cost of Algorithmic Management

To achieve efficiencies and reduce costs, more and more companies are managing their employees by algorithm. In this article, the authors present some of the first research findings concerning the effects of algorithmic management on workplace dynamics. One important finding is that employees managed by algorithms are less likely than colleagues managed by people to help others. The authors conclude with suggestions for how companies who want to use algorithmic management can mitigate its negative effects.

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Fury Driven Development — Ludicity

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(Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup

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People Probably Like You More Than You Think

Do people understand the impressions they make on others or do their anxieties lead them to assume the worst? Across nearly 10 years of research and tens of thousands of observations, the authors have come to this answer: people underestimate how much others like them, and this bias has important implications for how people work together.

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