Hyemation


Hyemation:
- The passing of winter in a particular place; a wintering
- The act of affording shelter in winter

Jรณlakรถtturinn, a.k.a. The Yule Cat is a huge and vicious cat who is described as lurking in the snowy countryside during Christmas time and eating people who have not received any new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve. Well, at least according to Icelandic Christmas folklore.
๐ ๐ ๐ Happy Holidays my dear subscribers! Thank you for your support throughout 2021 ๐พ ๐ฅณ ๐
This is the last edition in 2021, I need a bit of recharging (hyemation even!). You can expect a new issue in the second week of 2022.
๐โ๐ฆบ Leadership
โThe best I've read on engineering and leadership in 2021โ
An epic thread turned into a leadership reading list by Kenneth Larsen - I'll keep returning to it for sure!
โA Managerโs Guide to Holding Your Team Accountableโ
Being held to account for our decisions, actions, and results can drive high performance. It helps clarify our commitments, increases our diligence, and improves our self-awareness. Most of us report to someone. For CEOs, itโs a board of directors. For others, itโs their manager or their coach. But despite all our reporting structures, the real accountability is elusive for many teams.
โInspection and the limits of trust.โ
A related piece to the previous article on how "I trust you" is not enough (but necessary!).
โMetrics-driven product development is hard.โ
A great piece on why setting good metrics and goals is far from being trivial, plus some coping strategies.
โGreat engineering teams focus on milestones instead of projectsโ
I kept nodding as I read this - read it if you'd like to get some hints on an alternative to the dreaded MVP-driven development.
๐ป Tech
โCareer Growth: What Paths After Senior Engineerโ
One model for what variations and branches are out there for senior engineers.
โWhat is a Staff (or Staff-Plus or Principal) Engineer?โ
Another take on the same topic.
โEmoji under the hoodโ
Emoji implementations have way more technical details than I previously thought.
โAwesome Go Educationโ
A nice collection of documentation, tutorials, and articles on different aspects of Go.
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