Letting Go
Many moons ago, in a galaxy very close by, I was promoted from Senior Engineer to Junior Manager. I reflect on this now as members of my team grow into Tech...
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CTO School Meetup: Options for scaling teams beyond NYC
Another month, another excellent CTO meetup. This month, the focus was on options for scaling teams beyond NYC.
One-on-one meeting dos and don’ts: Part 2 - Don’ts
Welcome to the second entry of my two part series on one-on-one meeting dos and don’ts. Part 1 focused on the dos and Part 2, well you guessed it, will dig i...
One-on-one meeting dos and don’ts: Part 1 - Dos
As members my team grow into tech leads and managers I have begun to reflect on one-on-one meetings in an effort to help guide new managers and to also self-...
Waiting for text to display on a page with Puppeteer
When using Puppeteer there are times when you may need to wait for text to display on a page - perhaps to ensure that the page has fully loaded or before exe...
Accelerate - Chapter Notes: Part 1
One of my current goals as an executive is to empower my team and build a high performance engineering organization. As a company, we have embarked upon our...
CTO School Meetup: Enabling Team Autonomy and Servant Leadership at Booking.com
I’m a member of a monthly meetup of technologists from different organizations throughout the greater NYC area who are looking to become better leaders. Thi...
The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Chapter Notes
Leaders are readers and with that in mind, I push myself to read as often as I can. Recently I read “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” and took notes throug...
How to upgrade Git on Mac (OSX)
Recently a vulnerability in Git was discovered that could lead to arbitrary code execution when a developer utilizes a malicious repository. The good news is...
Changing my calendar for better 1-1s
One of my biggest learnings related to time management, is to take time to review how I am spending my time. I did this recently to improve how I was organiz...