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Hard won advice to help software engineers and engineering managers get out of ruts, grow their skills, lead effectively, and build better software - by Software Coach Nick.
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For Engineers 🔧
If you are a software engineer, and your aspirations are to build impactful software, start here.
Speak Their Language 7 min
Where Architecture Lives 6 min
High Performers Do Less 7 min
Learn First, Build Later 5 min
What Growth Feels Like 3 min
Start at the End 6 min
Building value, not code 7 min
Engineering Levels 4 min
For Managers 📆
If you are an engineering manager, and your aspirations are to build high performing teams and grow new leaders, start here.
High Performers Do Less 7 min
What Growth Feels Like 3 min
Work Sucks (Sometimes) 5 min
How To Design A Team 7 min
Start at the End 6 min
Goodhart and Good Hearts 2 min
How Accountability Works 5 min
Engineering Levels 4 min
Rants 🌶️
If you are a curmudgeon, contrarian, are seeking a new point of view or just want a good laugh, start here.
Types considered harmful 17 min
Jira is an MLM 8 min