Archive for the 'management' Category

How should startups handle performance reviews? – Quora

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

great opinions on dreaded APRs

Bad Managers Talk, Good Managers Write

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

Incentive Pay Considered Harmful – Joel on Software

Monday, August 18th, 2014

A good old Joel article on why you shouldn’t not treat your engineers like pre-K kids.

Software Quality – Be Careful What You Measure – Beyond Bandwidth

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Notes from level3 communications about what to measure (and what not) in software development

Software Quality – Be Careful What You Measure – Beyond Bandwidth

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Notes from level3 communications about what to measure (and what not) in software development

How To Keep Your Best Programmers | DaedTech

Saturday, June 8th, 2013

Interesting post [but too long to my taste] about what motivates software developers and how it affects their career choices. ( see also this RSA Animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc )

How To Keep Your Best Programmers | DaedTech

Saturday, June 8th, 2013

Interesting post [but too long to my taste] about what motivates software developers and how it affects their career choices. ( see also this RSA Animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc )

Assessing Technical Risks for Startups – New Tech Leader Series | kate{mats}

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Good check list from Kate Matsudaira.

Assessing Technical Risks for Startups – New Tech Leader Series | kate{mats}

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Good check list from Kate Matsudaira.

Contributions Appearing in the Book – Programmer 97-things

Sunday, March 24th, 2013

97 Things Every Programmer Should Know project, pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners — the link contains list of articles from O’rielly book