This year, one pivotal moments that shaped my growth as an engineering manager is this. Shift from managing tasks to owning outcomes. It was also due to the shrinking in team size, that we have to make a tough call to merge team. Definitely not […]
This is for all the app developers out there. For the sake of convenience AI and LLM will be used interchangeably. More accurate term, LLM is a subset of AI, whereby all the hype is in fact LLM. Therefore, I’ll be using this term instead […]
My journey of managing a Platform team has finally come to an end. Slightly more than one and half year the company on #battlemode, we are finally have to give into the reducing head count through natural attrition to cut cost. Still, I wasn’t a […]
In today’s fast-paced business environment, even companies need to innovate and adapt quickly to stay competitive. We are not exempted from this too. One of the strategies we have been pitching and practicing is “Accountability.” Starting a notion to operate like a startup requires us […]
As engineers, we all strive to build performant software. But how do we quantify performance? Enter Big O Notation, a mathematical concept that helps us analyze how an algorithm’s execution time scales with the size of its input. It’s not just about bragging about the fastest code; […]
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, […]
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 […]
