Data Will Not Tell You What To Do
- Mikkel Dengsøe tl;dr: “Data may give you a conclusive answer that changing the color of a button from yellow to green increases the conversion rate by 0.15ppts but will tell you nothing about the other ideas that would have had ten times more impact.” Mikkel believes that the best ideas are often complex and require persistence, and that intuition is heavily underrated.featured in #493
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The Compounding Seeds Of Creativity
- David Heinemeier Hansson tl;dr: “Early on in my career, I learned a very important lesson about creativity: It can’t be saved for later. Creativity is perishable, just like inspiration. It has to be discharged regularly or it will spoil. And if you let enough of it go to waste, eventually your talents will sour and shrivel with it.” David discusses how the best folks are able to find creativity in the mundane parts of their jobs, and that is what separates them.featured in #489
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Should You Stay Technical As An Engineering Manager?
- Nicola Ballotta tl;dr: Dedicating 20% of weekly time to technical activities to stay technical is a good balance. Suggested activities to stay technical are: (1) Joining technical meetings to stay up-to-date and engaged with the team. (2) Contributing to documentation to solidify understanding. (3) Building internal tools to maintain coding skills and create resources. (4) Presenting team projects to understand and simplify technical concepts. (5) Participating in code reviews to stay connected with the codebase. (6) Continuous learning through tech talks, conferences, online courses.featured in #487
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Becoming an Engineering Manager - Is It For You?
- Anton Zaides tl;dr: Anton provides us with a short quiz where you generate a score to determine if management is a good fit for you, with the following questions: (1) Do you like to code? (2) How do you deal with focus changes? (3) How do you deal with focus changes? (4) How do you deal with focus changes? (5) Can you be decisive and stand your ground?featured in #485