I. M. Wright’s “Hard Code”

Middle manager massacre (span sanity part deux)

How do you reduce middle managers without harming productivity or employee development? Which middle managers should you keep?

Can we agree on something? (SLAs)

Why do short clear SLAs improve your services, customer satisfaction, and life? How do you write and use an effective SLA?

Managing PMs

How do guide PMs to positively impact your team, your business, and your customers? What if your peers and management chain all see the PM role differently?

Is The Terminator coming for you?

What is the impact of AI on software engineers? How will it impact our children?

Everybody wants to rule the world

Should I be more ambitious? How do I align my career with what I value most?

What, me worry? Promotions and confidence

How do you gain the confidence needed for a promotion as you undertake unfamiliar next-level work? How do you win over your manager and other decision-makers?

Knowledge loss

When a subject matter expert (SME) leaves your team, how do you avoid knowledge loss? What common mistakes to teams make?

Just rewards?

How should you feel about the annual rewards you received? What should you expect?

Do you feel lucky?

How do you improve your chances of success? Why consider luck when evaluating people and situations?

I wasn't aware

Why are awareness posters, training, and trinkets mostly ineffective? How do you convert these campaigns into action?