Old School Burke

I'm guilty of this.

Last month, an EM in the org Slacked in a group: "Hey, can the group set up time to talk about when teams should write an ADR versus an RFC?

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Unblocking yourself is part of the learning journey.

tl;dr I’ve been thinking a lot about autonomy.

There’s a constant temptation in our software engineering world to treat incidents as someone else’s problem.

I remember my first week at $Org.

A couple of years ago, I took over a role overseeing a critical part of our infrastructure.

Advice on Technical Mentorship: If you're looking for practical advice on technical mentorship, John’s piece is a great resource.

In today's workplaces, the concept of “vulnerability” in leadership is frequently discussed — rather even encouraged.

Let us talk about one of the most-hated aspect of the engineering experience: the on-call experience.

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