As a manager, you’re bound to mentor engineers that are direct or indirect report to you. As most of us reached our position through our hard earn experience, it’s only natural that people would love to seek wisdom from those that can guide them through […]
According to Wikipedia for the great resignation, the time scale of this event happens around early 2021. Writing this post today, make me a little late into it. But I would like to share my general thought about hiring as an Engineering Manager in Malaysia […]
Put first things first has been one of my frequent go-to habits nowadays. It often overlooks since the concept of it is obvious, to begin with. I used it to coach engineers, teaching them to prioritize work and to intentionally plan for their careers. For […]
Clean code was made popular by publishing a book by Robert C. Martin titled Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. It talks about writing clean, understandable, and maintainable code is a skill that is crucial for every developer to master. “Any fool can […]
Nowadays, a good software development company that works in a team typically will establish some sort of process for code review. One of the most commonly used examples is creating a Pull-Request (PR). Commonly used in Github and open-source projects. Therefore, it is good to […]
As we are starting our last quarter, is a good time to reflex and start planning out what is next for the company in FY22. I like the way how my company is approaching things and strategy with deliberate exercise to get everybody (not just […]
Given the current situation, COVID-19 has generally changed the way we work. Most companies including the one I am currently working with are opting if not considering starting shifting to remote work. As I started my career mostly from the traditional tech company. Most of […]
I was clueless. Doing managerial work is different than as a Developer. I was merely doing exactly the something when I was a developer. Except that, I spend a bit more of the effort doing administrative work of the manager. Without external trigger or coach, […]
