Plus: Your star employee just quit; Saying no to stakeholders
Plus: pros and cons of decentralized teams; engineering management books
Plus: embedding staff question; nudges; product ownership
No triangulated feedback; self-review; tech lead manager roles are a trap; collaboration agreements
Employee review questions
'annual' 'performance' reviews; keeping low priority tasks low priority
Plus: Focus and communications; saying no; grow a boring strategy
Virtual onboarding and offboarding; virtual whiteboards; renegotiating your first vendor contract
Task relevant maturity; we learn better when we choose;
Starting a new manager role; remote onboarding; asynchronous meetings; remote onboarding;
Getting big things done; architectural decision records; writing unwritten rules; hearing impairment and zoom; ask for feedback
The role of a technical manager; leading those more senior; embracing tension; the power of the paraphrase; risk plans
