Published inThe StartupThe Social Cost of Scaling Software — and Living With It.“A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem, dreadfully distinct…” —Baseline test…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
On Career Development Conversations That Suck Less.On ways to have unambiguous, investigative career development conversations in tech.Sep 6, 20201Sep 6, 20201
Published inDev GeniusRadical Delegation, and Tech Leadership Groups at MYOBOn how we empowered developers to guide technical direction.Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
A Short, Practical Guide to Resumes and LinkedIn ProfilesThis is a short, practical guide to CVs and LinkedIn profiles from the perspective of someone who has been on the other side of the hiring…May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
An Empathetic Approach to Tech Debt and Consistency.On approaching software consistency and tech debt systematically, and with empathy.Apr 5, 2020Apr 5, 2020
The RPG Player’s Guide To Managing Development TeamsA good job is like a good game: you know what your goals are, all the tools you need at your disposal, and there’s a fair bit of challenge.Dec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019
On Custodianship, Culture, and Empathy.How we choose to work affects the culture of the organization we’re in.Oct 12, 20191Oct 12, 20191
Published inFAUN — Developer Community 🐾Teaching DevOps: Cheaply, effectively, fairly.Handing down DevOps and life bits to the next crop of engineers.Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019
Published inZero Equals FalseA Year Of Running Kubernetes, and The Importance Of Empathy.How we ran a cluster with empathy, mentorship, and a belief that we can drive change.Dec 16, 20188Dec 16, 20188
Published inFAUN — Developer Community 🐾DevOps Runsheets: Blameless Post Incident ReviewsThis is part of a series of runsheets on particular things you might want to consider implementing in the DevOps space. We’re going to…Dec 4, 2018Dec 4, 2018
DevOps is political.I’m making an assertion here: that a lot of us think that technology and working on it is inherently apolitical, but that is not the case…Jun 20, 20183Jun 20, 20183
Building a Learning Culture in Tech Organizations.Experiments in teaching, and growing a learning culture.Jul 30, 2017Jul 30, 2017
Databases, Kindness, and Building a Learning Culture in Tech.On the importance of empathy and learning in organizations.Jul 30, 20171Jul 30, 20171
Teaching Graduates DevOps (Explained as movies!)My current company runs a graduate program. I run 3-month rotations and have them on my team for that time so they can learn about DevOps.Mar 2, 2017Mar 2, 2017
