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 […]
At the beginning of the year, we heard a lot about “The Great Resignation” trend in the United States. From my end, business was as usual. That is, after about 6 months of lag. I soon realized that our hiring pipeline was getting hard to […]
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 […]
Applying agile practice to life, once a while is good to retrospect our own life, the progress we made, and how to do better after that. Truthfully, I am grateful to be where I am now. Able a decent living while still enjoying doing the […]
Paradigm Paradigm is an important mindset adjustment is needed in order for us to fully understand and practice 7 habits. What does it mean? We have to always see things differently (taking from Habit 4: Seek to understand to be understood). We don’t see things […]
I am blessed to be in a company where they have a strong culture and values they adhere to. In fact, having a proper culture plays a more important role than the step-by-step process of who does what. Having the transition from a local & […]
I am glad that I have taken up the scrum master course from Udemy. Strongly encourage you to take up this course. You can finish this within half a day watching at 1.75x speed. I’ll breakdown the key takeaway here first. After that, I’ll write […]
Definition There is a myth that says, if you’re in the software industry, I believe you could have come across this 10x engineer, right? Meaning, one engineer producing the output of 10 engineers. Expectation vs Reality In software engineering, the output doesn’t equate to the […]
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 […]
On day 1 of my new job as Engineering Manager, my boss recommended this book 5 Dysfunctional of Team. It is an easy book to read. Was meant to be a self-improve theme book, yet, the way it was present was more like a storybook. […]
