If you’re into tech, I strongly encourage you to follow this channel @ALifeEngineered. I love the way how he unpacks his career journey into bite-size advice for people to follow. Most importantly, the philosophy and principles he shares are so relevant to what I am […]
Working through the company ladder is like walking up the pyramid. The higher you get the lesser the opportunity. Or is it? Nevertheless, I am just taking this chance to jot down and reflect on an interesting podcast I heard as I was doing one […]
As a manager, our roles mainly involves people and process. One of my latest improvement work is about process improvement around Internal Developer Platform (IDP). As a Platform squad product managers, just want to share my thoughts about this topic. Mainly about how much of […]
As I reflect on the year, one of the final few one-on-one sessions I had with a couple of senior engineers delved into the concept of shaping your own job scope. Yes, you heard that correctly. But before you go revamping your entire job description, […]
Building processes and systems are part and parcel of the engineering. This is where we transfer manual steps into a documented code and script. This allows us to automate work and just make us be more lazy. Just kidding, is for us to scale our […]
As an Engineering Manager acting as Scrum Master and Agile Coach for at least 5 years now. From being put into an established team, to starting a new team, and managing back a team I once owned. All to try to lead and decide what […]
I feel incredibly fortunate to have been sponsored by my company to attend the Black Belt in Thinking (BBIT) course. As someone whose role demands a lot of critical thinking and decision-making, I was impressed by the valuable lessons I learned and how I could […]
What’s this leadership circle profile all about? Before that, I believe in the market there are many tools to measure leadership. And this is just one of them. The way it does this is to breakdown your behavior and action against the following condition: Both […]
The importance of continuous learning cannot be overstated. With technology and industry evolving rapidly, it is essential to keep up with the latest trends and develop new skills. Let’s be realistic. We all want to be rewarded somehow (purpose and monetary). Otherwise, why go through […]
As a software engineer, you are well aware that creating great software is not just about writing code; it is also about ensuring that the code meets the needs of the business and the users. This is where playbooks, runbooks, ADRs, RFCs, and design docs […]
