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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. I believe that attitude towards the design of code and architecture is one of them. In orgs where it’s all about delivering tickets as quickly as possible or obsessing over technology, the culture and results are poorer.

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Thoughts on organizing architecture

Xebia

Should the team not be able to make all of these architectural decisions by themselves? Organizing architecture guided by two perspectives. First-of-all, architectural scopes are not to be seen as static elements. As a starter, we see architecture as a function. Do we need architects anyway? However, context matters here.

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Thoughts on organizing architecture

Xebia

Should the team not be able to make all of these architectural decisions by themselves? Organizing architecture guided by two perspectives. First-of-all, architectural scopes are not to be seen as static elements. As a starter, we see architecture as a function. Do we need architects anyway? However, context matters here.

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. Culture doesn’t change easily. I’ve hired several XP coaches to help, but even they’re stretched thin. I’m hoping this will help direct people to new behaviors, which will in turn start to change the engineering culture.

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Steering DevOps: a leader’s role on deck

Capgemini

Build the core DevOps team : The core DevOps team must accelerate the culture transformation and support the Agile squads in their adoption. Leaders in DevOps transformations are required to coach and form this core DevOps team. We enabled the tribe leaders to coach their tribes for adherence to best practice processes.

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Is the power of people skills enough to keep gen AI in check?

CIO

That untruth has lived for a long time but it’s going to start running out of oxygen very quickly, though there are some hard-core engineering cultures that hang on to that mystique and worship the ability to be these grumpy know-it-alls.” The company is also leaning into more mentoring and coaching for existing staff.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

Honeycomb

I believe this is a super common and normal thing but have had at least one great coach insist that it is not, so I’m putting it on the list. A knack for systems thinking, paired with equal interest in both human & technological systems. A genuine joy in seeing teammates level up.