The Course Says Your Team Is Doing It Wrong
You come back from a two day course on service design full of energy. One slide is still in your head. Each service should own its own data, and ser…
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You Have Been Split Between Two Teams
The decision is announced as good news. Your skills are in demand, so from next month you will spend half your time on the payments team and half on…
You Have Been Asked to Represent Your Team at the Architecture Review
Your company has a fortnightly architecture review. Leads and senior engineers from every team, an hour on a call, proposals for anything that cross…
Your Mentee Wants You to Choose Between Two Offers
The message comes late on a Sunday. Two offers, both good, both expiring this week. A larger company with a calmer pace and a better salary. A small…
The Offer Comes With a Two Day Deadline
The call goes well. They want you. The written offer arrives that evening with a friendly sentence at the bottom. We would need your answer by Thurs…
Some Skills Your Current Job Will Never Give You
Every job teaches you a particular set of things, and it teaches them well. It also has a shape, and some experiences simply do not fit inside that…
Most of the Questions Will Not Be About Code
If you mentor anyone for longer than a few months, the subject will drift. You start out talking about testing strategy and pull requests, and one T…
Interview Once a Year Even When You Are Happy
You do not have to be unhappy to go and find out what you are worth. Once a year, take an interview. Not because you are leaving. Because the only w…