Stories by mcrittenden

Power in Naming Things

100 daily blog posts

Stop solving problems nobody complained about

If everyone else on Earth disappeared, how would you spend your time?

Good Teams Are Noisy

“The tragedy of the commons” in software development

Lessons learned on an Engineering Manager job search

The key to happiness is to stop getting upset all the time

Spend your money where you spend your time

A week by week plan for starting to manage a new team

The “You Get One Diagram” approach to architecture documents

We become what we are told we are

Never underestimate people’s ability to not hear you

That coworker who just wants to code

Future-Focused Feedback

Five Second Feedback

The problem with “HELL YEAH or no”

Intense intervention or acceptance. Pick one

Death to Small Talk

Finding Meaning in Agency Work

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