Project Management 101: The “Done” Sabotaging Your Team
The “Done” Dilemma in Project Management If you manage an engineering team, removing the Done status from your PM tool […]
Burnout in Tech Leads
Unplanned Tech Lead I had always seen myself as a technical person. Burnout was something I enjoyed: coding late at […]
Leadership and Teams
Self-managed teams do not exist In my early days studying agile, there was this idea about self-managed self-regulatory teams. Leadership […]
My official Tech Stack for Managing Remote Teams
As more and more startups are embracing remote work, managing remote teams is becoming a necessary skill for founders. However, […]
Remote Work: Balancing Local and Global
Working remotely, sitting next to you Remote work doesn’t always mean overseas. It means an engineer is working from home or […]
A Tesla Stock Story: How Founders can build Trust
From $17 to $263 without a profitable product In 2010, Tesla stock was worth $17. Even though Tesla did not […]
Is a 4 day work week effective?
Working remotely means you can ping your team at any time. No wonder some are asking for a 4 day work […]
ChatGPT
All my favorite authors were freaking out about ChatGPT, so I went ahead and asked ChatGPT why. After waiting for […]
Why do I need a Tech Lead?
Most of the founders, C-level or VP-level, won’t have any objection to hiring a tech lead. For them, it is […]
3 reasons why your dev team is slow
I’ve worked with enough founders to have a significant sample of the worst mistakes I’ve seen them make. I’m not […]