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What do I do if someone on my team gets hit by a bus?

2014-10-24 by Mr. Bear Leave a Comment

What do I do if someone on my team gets hit by a bus?

  My friend who is also an engineering manager asked me a serious question, “What should I do if one of my guys gets hit by a bus?” I hope that never happens. But most people leave after awhile. Maybe not today or tomorrow. Sometimes there’s an life-changing event you can’t control. Or they don’t […]

Filed Under: Management Tagged With: Bus Factor, Stability

Explore to improve your technical common sense

2014-09-25 by Mr. Bear Leave a Comment

I’ve always been afraid of losing all my technical skills while managing. The primary reason is I don’t think I can confidently create software by giving up coding completely. I won’t understand the latest technology, I won’t be able to guide decisions, and I will naturally forget how long things take to build. Another reason […]

Filed Under: Management, Technology

Adopting new technology – moving from Ruby to Go

2014-08-08 by Mr. Bear Leave a Comment

I worked with Ruby for years on frontend and backend projects. At the time, I had many backend services in Ruby and although everything ran fine, I was interested in reducing server costs. If feasible, I could dramatically reduce the IT budget. This is extremely important – Less server costs equals more money to spend […]

Filed Under: Technology

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