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A short pause along the path to celebrate being on the Forbes Cloud 100

Lacework

We know that security isn’t just about stopping cybercriminals and hackers from getting into your systems. In short, a security practice is constantly trying to provide assurances that your systems are operating as expected (and only as expected) and that any risks have been identified and addressed.

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How engineering managers can effectively support engineers, teams, and organizations

CircleCI

It is a mix of hands-on coding, technical leadership and decision making, process and project management, product oversight, people management, finding and hiring talent … the list goes on. But ultimately, the control I had over my domain was limited due to organizational issues – which led me to leave the company.

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson.

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The value of Agile Architecture in a modern organization

Xebia

Mostly, this is due to the fact, that modern Agile Architecture requires a broad skill set to be done right as a business function. – Architecture helps you to make significant decisions about the key design of your IT landscape: components, systems or, domain-related. Also, do not underestimate communication skills.

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Collaboration and Notqmail with Amitai Schleier

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

But you then used your technical leadership skills to wrangle some folks together and things are now moving. Amitai: qmail is some software for Unix systems that was last updated 20 years ago for running an email server. What are we looking for in a review and after how many reviews do we merge it? ” Right?

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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

Marv's Smart Future

Given these real-world challenges, it is imperative that Navy rapidly transform the acquisition system to support Fleet Design. Because time is easy to measure, every person in the acquisition system can be graded on speed to capability.

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Pitfalls of Agile Transformations

LeanEssays

In the First Round Review article I'm Sorry, But Agile Won't Fix Your Products , Adam Pisoni, co-founder and former CTO of Yammer, contends that “While SCRUM did manage to rein in impulsive managers, it ended up being used more to exert tighter control over engineers’ work.” Agile without a strong technology base is usually a mistake.

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