#Engineers

Gwen (Chen) Shapira

gwenshap

Something that I find super puzzling:When I interview engineers and ask them to describe the best manager they ever reported to, they always describe how technical the manager was and

Tim Douglas (they/them)

timpdouglas

I really dislike the term plangineer when used by engineers without any planning background because of the implication that you can just pick up our skill set. I don’t imagine

Shekhar Kirani

skirani

10x engineersFounders if you ever come across this rare breed of engineers, grab them. If you have a 10x engineer as part of your first few engineers, you increase the

Dan Thompson

artistsmakers

Aren't double yellows in a historic setting hideous?https://twitter.com/KentHighways/status/1252582187595108354 Good stuff from @HistoricEngland about why you don't have to fill historic streets with yellow lines.https://historicengland.org.u

Gergely Orosz

GergelyOrosz

7 things that "Silicon Valley"-like companies "get" about sw engineers that traditional companies don't:1. Giving autonomy2. Caring about devs being motivated3. Access to data, code, docs internally. (Almost) to ever

Konrad Hinsen

khinsen

An open letter to software engineers criticizing Neil Ferguson's epidemics simulation code https://blog.khinsen.net/posts/2020/05/18/an-open-letter-to-software-engineers-criticizing-neil-ferguson-s-epidemics-simulation-code/ Added a pos

Dino A. Dai Zovi

dinodaizovi

Imagine being limited by the tools you could buy at the hardware store and not having machinists on staff to be able to create bespoke tools.If you agree that the

Parks

parksmusic

My concern with the covid stuff in how it relates to the studio business go towards stuff I’ve hinted at on one of the last few podcasts, the value of

Nat

nota_bennett

Most of the distinguishing features of a successful engineering organization involve decisions about how non-engineers are hired, managed, and interact with engineering teams Yeah sure sure hire the best engineers

Michelle Lim

michlimlim

Mini-thread on:Why the "frontend" vs "backend" eng division doesn't map well to engineer psychology ("product vs infra" maps better!)a) Job mismatch problems that result from using that divisionb) Why I

James A. Duncan

jamesaduncan

1/ In government, there is a flawed belief that software development is a skill that they cannot afford, but software governance is a generalist’s domain, and any required specialist skills

Henry Robinson

HenryR

How does your engineering org get the more senior engineers talking to each other across teams in the same org? Do you make an explicit space for it (like a

Barney Dean-Powell

BrnyPwll

If any associate engineers out there would like to see an example of a well-commented, concise approach for something where the seemingly simple approach becomes too verbose, here it is.

Xavier🇨🇦🕹🎬

XavierSaikaley

So, I recently watched Prometheus and Alien: Covenant recently and I came across the update that Ridley Scott said about his next film in the franchise. He stated that while

John Arundel

bitfield

Lots of great devs and engineers are available for hire right now. If you're one of them, maybe I can help. Reply with the job you're looking for, your GitHub/resume

Jodi Allemeier

urbanjodi

For a long time, the SA public sector has identified the risk of a retiring force of experienced engineers, and insufficient succession planning This is true in many fields