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The Myth of the First 90 Days
Waiting even 60 days to make an impact is too long
Jakub Chodounsky
September 02, 2024
The Myth of the First 90 Days
7 minutes by Dennis Nerush
However, for engineering managers stepping into high-tech companies, the luxury of a gradual 90-day transition is a myth. In today’s fast-paced tech environment, waiting even 60 days to start making an impact is often considered too long. As a new engineering manager, you must hit the ground running.
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Priorities Of A Great Engineering Leader
6 minutes by Roni Poyas
Start with the basics of getting your ongoing projects delivered and obtain some breathing room with a solid planning for the upcoming projects so you have the Deliver part at bay. Continue to focus on your people with a true care for their thoughts and needs.
One on One Meeting Format Ideas
11 minutes by Marc G Gauthier
Here is the way I conduct 1:1 meetings with people in my engineering team. I'll go over the objective, schedule but also the content and give some feedback about using this particular format for the past few years.
Demanding and Supportive
3 minutes by Ravi Gupta
My first Instacart board meeting was in November 2015. I had joined a month earlier as CFO. Our financials were ugly. Mike Moritz was our board member from Sequoia. In this meeting, he delivered a simple and devastating message: if we didn’t change – immediately – we would go out of business.
When to write strategy, and how much?
12 minutes by Will Larson
Even if you believe that strategy is generally useful, it is difficult to decide that today’s the day to start writing engineering strategy. When you do start writing strategy, it’s easy write so much strategy that your organization is overwhelmed and ignores your strategy rather than investing time into understanding it.
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