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<p class="pl-4 py-1 -ml-2 undefined"><a href="/media" class="text-charcoal hover:text-black hover:text-red100 text-black">· Media</a></p>
<p class="pl-4 py-1 -ml-2 undefined"><a href="/coaching" class="text-charcoal hover:text-black hover:text-red100 ">· Coaching</a></p>
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<p class="pl-4 py-1 -ml-2 undefined"><a href="https://youtube.com/@briandainton" class="text-charcoal hover:text-black hover:text-red100 ">· YouTube</a></p>
<p class="pl-4 py-1 -ml-2 undefined"><a href="https://tiktok.com/@bdainton" class="text-charcoal hover:text-black hover:text-red100 ">· TikTok</a></p>
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<p class="text-darkCharcoal text-center p-4 pt-0">videos, podcast appearances, writings, more</p>
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<div class="text-lg"><div class="mx-auto -mt-2 mb-4 text-sm flex flex-row flex-wrap justify-center"><button class="px-2 leading-none h-4 hover:text-red100 text-red100">All</button>
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<button class="px-2 leading-none h-4 hover:text-red100 ">Foundation</button>
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<button class="px-2 leading-none h-4 hover:text-red100 ">Product</button>
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<p class="leading-none h-4 py-0">·</p>
<button class="px-2 leading-none h-4 hover:text-red100 ">Potpourri</button>
<p class="leading-none h-4 py-0">·</p>
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<div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/easiest-speaking-tip" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">EASIEST SPEAKING TIP EVER</p>
<img class="sm:float-right sm:ml-4 my-4 border border-4 border-white rounded-lg overflow-hidden shadow-2xl transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1 h-40 " src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iFUQOSeQpEE/maxresdefault.jpg">
<p class="">C'mon. Just talk into the mic. It's not that hard. You may not WANT to do public speaking, but there are certain times in life where ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Jun 2, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/develop-yourself-ep-70-bd" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Develop Yourself Podcast, Episode 70: From Software Engineer to Successful Startup Founder</p>
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<p class="">Recording of my appearance on the Develop Yourself podcast with Aaron Hayslip. We cover a lot of ground as we talk about my path...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 25, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/the-armageddon-game" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Play The Armageddon Game Before It's Too Late</p>
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<p class="">The Armageddon Game is a tool to help you unlock the best while you prepare for the worst. I've used it a few times in my career, ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 24, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/dev-team-too-fast" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Dev Team is Too Fast?</p>
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<p class="">Dev team surprising you with unanticipated releases? Try these 3 things to get fully aligned.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 22, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/roadmapping" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">FIX Your Product Roadmap in 4 Steps</p>
<img class="sm:float-right sm:ml-4 my-4 border border-4 border-white rounded-lg overflow-hidden shadow-2xl transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1 h-40 " src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OLk_pw8_Pqc/maxresdefault.jpg">
<p class="">More than likely, your roadmap reads like a schedule of disappointments. Here are 4 things you should do to revolutionize your ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 12, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/dev-culture-chaos" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Dev Culture Chaos: How to Fix it</p>
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<p class="">Diverse teams need some common ground to operate effectively. Establish principles -- shared beliefs -- to build cultural alignment ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 10, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pmf" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">STOP Building Your Product</p>
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<p class="">If you're looking for PMF, please spend time thinking about the M, not just the P. Develop a target persona! #software ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 2, 2023</p>
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<p class="">I love it when I see people on my team exhibit this skill. #software #engineering #dev #management #leadership If you're in a ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">May 1, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/introducing-alby" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Introducing Alby, a Hack Night Passion Project</p>
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<p class="">One of my latest mini-dev projects is a single-page webapp called Alby. Alby gave me a chance to play with the OpenAI API AND to scratch a personal itch.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 27, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/cto-or-vp-eng" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">CTO vs VP of Engineering: Which Path is Right for You?</p>
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<p class="">For those of us on the Engineering Leadership path, it's often unclear what to expect from people with these titles. I've tried to ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 26, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/personal-top-of-market" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Superstar or severance? YOUR CHOICE.</p>
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<p class="">Netflix famously pays its employees "Personal Top of Market" -- effectively the maximum salary they could get from any other ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 24, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-8" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Pop Quiz: Expand the Tech Stack?</p>
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<p class="">Your tech lead wants to use a new language and framework for the next project, a change that introduces notable risks.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 20, 2023</p>
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<p class="">Learn how to make your internal company emails engaging and easy to read with TikTok-inspired techniques. Say goodbye to ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 18, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-7" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Pop Quiz: A Disagreement Turns Nasty</p>
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<p class="">Your tech lead lets loose in a team meeting. What do you do?</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 14, 2023</p>
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<p class="">I can't stop thinking about this quote from Multipliers (Wiseman). Simple and powerful...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 12, 2023</p>
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<p class="">In this video, we explore how leaders can step up and lead in the aftermath of a traumatic event such as layoffs. We provide three ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 7, 2023</p>
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<p class="">If you're part of your organization's leadership team, it can be tough to keep abreast of everything happening within your org.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 29, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-6" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Pop Quiz: Promotion during a Financial Crunch?</p>
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<p class="">One of your star engineers is due for a promotion, but the company has been hit by hard times. What do you do?</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 26, 2023</p>
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<p class="">What does an Engineering Manager actually do? In this video, I distill decades of experience into a 7-minute shortcut to help new ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 19, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/work-backwards" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">The Blueprint for Success: Start from the Finish Line</p>
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<p class="">Discover the power of working backwards for your company, career, and life. In this video, learn how to start with the end in mind ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 2, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/magic-moments" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">The Secret to Making Your Software Stand Out: Magic Moments</p>
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<p class="">Deliver a "magic moment" in your product by going beyond a minimum viable product to a delightful one that delivers a brief spark ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Jan 31, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/rocks-pebbles-sand" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Manage Your Time Like a Pro: The Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand Approach</p>
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<p class="">The "Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand" model is a powerful tool for managing time and prioritizing tasks. By focusing on the most ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Jan 30, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/should-engineering-managers-code" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Debate SOLVED: Should Engineering Managers Write Code?</p>
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<p class="">Is it important for engineering managers to code? In this video, we explore the pros and cons of engineering managers coding ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Jan 29, 2023</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/5-things-to-be-a-great-leader" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">The 5 Things You Need to Be a Great Leader</p>
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<p class="">You want to be a great leader in your organization? Do these 5 key things consistently.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Dec 21, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/feature-flagging" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">ACCELERATE Your Dev Team With This One EASY Practice</p>
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<p class="">Engineering Managers have a responsibility to DELIVER SOFTWARE. "Feature Flagging" is a practice that allows dev teams to ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Dec 13, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Managers: if you find toxicity in your team, take action! #management #startup #toxic #leadership #morale #culture.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Dec 5, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/threatening-to-quit" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Oh, you're threatening to quit?</p>
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<p class="">Yeah, it's probably best for both of us. #management #toxic #employee #byebye #letsgo.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Dec 3, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/meets-expectations" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">"Meets Expectations"</p>
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<p class="">Like clockwork. I'm at least getting a raise, right? #engineering #management #leadership #work #review.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Dec 2, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/expect-from-a-product-manager" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">What you should expect from a Product Manager</p>
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<p class="">In my experience, the role of a Product Manager is a critical one when building great software; a good PM will work in tandem with ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Dec 1, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/using-guilds" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Using Guilds in a Software Engineering Org</p>
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<p class="">My team used the concept of Guilds to share best practices, discuss new technologies, and establish standards. Gathering similar ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 30, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/principles-priorities-practices" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Software Engineering Principles, Priorities, and Practices</p>
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<p class="">To take on your Software Engineering Manager responsibilities, you need to establish your principles, determine your priorities, ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 28, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/stuck-on-a-problem" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Stuck on a problem? Do this.</p>
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<p class="">It works. Every. Single. Time. #engineering #software #developer #coder #stuck #problem.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 26, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Thank you. #management #leadership #alpha #beta #career #guidance #advice #kindness.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 25, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/how-to-land-exceptional-candidates" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">How to Land Exceptional Candidates</p>
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<p class="">You want to land a dev candidate who's in high demand. How do you stand out? I hope this helps. Good luck! #engineering ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 24, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/top-5-things-that-suck-as-a-dev-manager" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Top 5 Things That Suck as a Dev Manager</p>
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<p class="">Here are 5 downsides if you're considering a career as a dev manager. #engineering #management #leadership #techtok ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 23, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Get comfortable, get caffeinated, get creative, and get cracking. Hack night! #engineering #coder #hustlewithbl #management ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 22, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Here are 4 ways for dev managers to attract talent themselves. #engineering #management #leadership #startup #techtok.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 21, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Leading is just showing the way. #engineering #management #leadership #techtok #startup.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 20, 2022</p>
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<p class="">I've seen too many examples lately of people who believe the opposite. If you think you have to be a jerk, you're wrong.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 19, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-5" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Engineering Manager Pop Quiz #5: What Would You Do?</p>
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<p class="">You've got a team member who's not delivering...and maybe not even really working.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Nov 1, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/youtube-channel-trailer" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">A Channel for Software Engineering Leaders and Entrepreneurs</p>
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<p class="">Hi! I'm Brian Dainton, and this is my YouTube channel trailer! THIS is a CHANNEL for SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LEADERS and ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Oct 25, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/engineering-manager-responsibilities" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">11 Things you NEED to do as an Engineering Manager</p>
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<p class="">What does an Engineering Manager ACTUALLY do? Regardless of your seniority, you've got the same key responsibilities as an ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Oct 21, 2022</p>
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<p class="">This video introduces The Machine, a framework for leading teams, and the foundation of the Engineering Manager's Companion ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Oct 21, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Recording of my appearance on the Drunk Web Podcast with Sina Jazayeri. We virtually shared some drinks and discussed the complexities of Engineering Management...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Jul 15, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/senior-eng-or-leadership" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Stay as a Senior Engineer or Pursue a Leadership Role?</p>
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<p class="">In response to a fellow engineer's question, I offer five reasons I hope she'll take the leap into management and leadership.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 29, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/imposter-syndrome" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Do you have imposter syndrome? It's ok.</p>
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<p class="">Work and life are riddled with overwhelming experiences. It's ok. No one expects you to have all the answers. Here's some ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 21, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/most-memorable-advice" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">The Most Memorable Advice I Ever Received: Re-Introducing Yourself</p>
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<p class="">I've heeded this advice countless times since I got it back in college. It's a tiny change, but has a huge impact.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 1, 2022</p>
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<p class="">After interviewing hundreds of software engineers over the last 2 decades, I've determined that lived experience far outweighs the ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 1, 2022</p>
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<p class="">After a productive morning of work, I'll frequently take a quick siesta (power nap!) to recharge in the afternoon. What tips do YOU ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Apr 1, 2022</p>
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<p class="">These quarterly awards -- and our approach to running them -- were representative of our incredible organizational culture.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 24, 2022</p>
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<p class="">This is a just a quick Public Service Announcement for those of you who are hiring "rock stars" and "ninjas".</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 23, 2022</p>
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<p class="">I don't love traditional, by-the-book standup meetings. Here's how I run them instead. Give it a go?</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 14, 2022</p>
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<p class="">If you run meetings, listen up and heed this advice. With just a couple of small tweaks, you can make meetings far more effective ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 14, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Your star employee just gave their notice. Ugh. How do you handle their resignation?</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 10, 2022</p>
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<p class="">When you're a manager or leader, you will encounter difficult situations constantly. Need help? Turn to these 3 leadership ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 10, 2022</p>
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<p class="">I've started several tech companies, one of which saw some notable success. Here's a story from that startup experience: The One ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 4, 2022</p>
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<p class="">If you're an engineering manager, you're responsible for guiding the careers of others. You'll have to deliver both praise and ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 4, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/split-your-dev-team" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">When Should You Split Your Dev Team?</p>
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<p class="">Over time, your software engineering team will grow. When is the right time to split into multiple teams?</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 4, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/communicating-software-arch" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Break This Habit When Communicating Software Architecture</p>
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<p class="">Don't try to blow me away with your technical architecture. It's not working.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 3, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/improve-dev-team-morale" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Improve Morale on Your Dev Team</p>
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<p class="">When you're a software engineer, you hear bad news all the time (alerts, bug reports, disappointed internal teams). Does it ever ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 3, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/got-a-toxic-employee" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Got a Toxic Employee?</p>
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<p class="">Managers: if you find toxicity in your team, take action!</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 2, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/start-a-business" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Start a Business, Step by Step</p>
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<p class="">If you're considering starting a business but you're not sure how to get started, I've got a great book to recommend. RELATED ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 2, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-3" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Engineering Manager Pop Quiz #3: What Would You Do?</p>
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<p class="">Should Luke get the promotion? What do you do as an engineering manager when a more junior developer seeks a promotion ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 2, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/dont-just-motivate-inspire" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Don't just motivate. INSPIRE.</p>
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<p class="">It's easy to confuse motivation and inspiration. As an engineering manager and leader, it's important to know the difference, and ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 1, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/dev-project-planning-tips" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Software Development Project Planning Tips</p>
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<p class="">Are you an Engineering Manager who struggles with your dev team's project planning? Here are some quick thoughts on how to ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Mar 1, 2022</p>
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<p class="">If you're a software engineering leader, you're gonna have to make technology choices. Here are 3 key things to consider and 1 ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 28, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Just because you SAID it does not mean that you COMMUNICATED it. Speaking and email-sending are only half the story!</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 28, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/run-great-1-on-1s" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">How to Run Great 1-on-1s</p>
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<p class="">If you're an Engineering Manager, running frequent, meaningful is arguably the most important thing you can do. After 25 years in ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 25, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/appreciation" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Tell someone today...</p>
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<p class="">Everyone likes to feel appreciated now and again. #leadership #gratitude #appreciation #thanks #relationships.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 25, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/engineer-today-priest-tomorrow" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Software Engineer Today, Priest Tomorrow?</p>
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<p class="">I once had a veteran software engineer who knew that, ultimately, he wanted to join the clergy. Here's how we used his 1-on-1s to ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 25, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/constant-innovation" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">The Secret to Constant Dev Team Innovation</p>
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<p class="">As a company matures, it can be tough to balance building new features and maintaining the product capabilities you've already ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 22, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Do you already have a job you like BUT you have a new job opportunity to consider? Worried about leaving your current team ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 22, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/engineering-career-ladder" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Build an Engineering Career Ladder?</p>
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<p class="">Establishing a documented career ladder for the software developers on your team is one of most important things you'll do as an ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 21, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-2" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Engineering Manager Pop Quiz #2: What Would You Do?</p>
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<p class="">What do you do as an engineering manager when you're at risk of missing a deadline? You have some options!</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 21, 2022</p>
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<p class="">I'm a huge fan of small, tightly-knit powerhouse teams that are structured this way. They can move mountains.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 19, 2022</p>
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<p class="">As a company gets larger and you rise through its ranks, you may find yourself in back-to-back meetings, all day long. Use this ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 19, 2022</p>
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<p class="">Set the bar low each day, and raise it as you build solid habits.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 18, 2022</p>
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<p class="">If you're an engineering manager, you'll have to write a job shortDescription to attract software engineers to your team. Make this one ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 18, 2022</p>
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<p class="">We can do a lot better than a group trip to a bar. Software developers are a naturally creative group of problem solvers. Tap into ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 17, 2022</p>
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<p class="">You're a tech lead (software developer) in a disorganized company that is rife with chaos. Should you resign? As always, it ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 17, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/startup-story-1" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">30-Second Startup Story #1 | Startup Stories</p>
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<p class="">I've started several tech companies, one of which saw some notable success. Here's a story from that startup experience: The One ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 16, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/bad-manager-or-bad-person" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Bad Manager or Bad Person? There's a Difference.</p>
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<p class="">No doubt, bad managers abound, but management failings can be fixed. By contrast, beware people with deep-seeded toxic ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 16, 2022</p>
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<p class="">As an Engineering Manager, your 1-on-1s are your MOST important meetings. It's important to give space for venting frustrations, ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 15, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/7-keys-great-company-culture" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">7 Keys to Build a Great Company Culture</p>
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<p class="">You're founding a business? Build a strong, well-loved company by being intentional about its culture.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 15, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/long-live-the-feedback-sandwich" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Long Live the Feedback Sandwich | Interrupting Direct Report Followup</p>
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<p class="">Delivering feedback in a positive - constructive - positive format is dead? Nah, you're just doing it wrong. You can be direct AND ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 12, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/delivering-feedback" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Direct Report CONSTANTLY Interrupting? | Delivering Feedback as a Manager</p>
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<p class="">How do you handle a direct report who interrupts you frequently? Great question! It's time to deliver some constructive feedback.</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 10, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/start-your-biz-solo-or-cofounders" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Start your business SOLO or with CO-FOUNDERS?</p>
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<p class="">Congrats! You're motivated to start a business. Should you go it alone or join with some co-founders? Here are the pros and cons ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 10, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/3-key-dev-team-metrics" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">3 Key Dev Team Metrics</p>
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<p class="">Wondering what are the best metrics to track for your engineering team? Don't get bogged down by tracking too many. Make sure ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 10, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/be-bold-with-your-backlog" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Be Bold With Your Backlog</p>
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<p class="">You know that long list of bugs that you never seem to get to? That's the backlog. Sure, you can let it grow forever, but that has a ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 9, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/depot" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Best Way to Structure Your Dev Team? | Introducing DEPOT</p>
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<p class="">I've long been a firm believer that the best products are built by combining Design, Engineering, and Product Management ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 9, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/pop-quiz-1" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Engineering Manager Pop Quiz #1: What Would You Do?</p>
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<p class="">What do you do as an engineering manager when there's tension brewing between junior and senior engineers?</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 8, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/magic-number-is-7" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">The Magic Number is 7</p>
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<p class="">Wondering why your team is not listening to you? Well...they might be listening, but people need to see or hear you SEVEN TIMES ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 7, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/best-end-of-interview-question" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Interview Tips | The Best End-of-Interview Question</p>
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<p class="">Unsure how to end an interview with a candidate? After many hundreds of interviews, here's my favorite final question to wrap ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 7, 2022</p>
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</div><div class="p-4 mb-8 rounded-lg border border-transparent hover:shadow-xl hover:border-lighterGray transition ease-in-out duration-500 transform hover:-translate-y-1"><a href="/media/interview-question-for-senior-management" class="text-charcoal"><p class="clear-both text-xl text-black font-normal pt-8 pb-0 pt-0">Interview Tips | One Great Question for Senior Management Hires</p>
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<p class="">Are you unsure how to interview a manager or someone at an executive level? After conducting hundreds of such interviews, ...</p>
<p class="text-sm text-lightGray">Feb 6, 2022</p>
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