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Headcount goals, feature factories, and when to hire those mythical 10x people

Erik Bernhardsson

I don’t mean an engineer just hammering on the keyboard shipping code at light speed. But all managers try, when they set the salary of Alice to $110,000 and Bob to $115,000. So on some level, managers certainly believe they have some precise idea of the relative value of each engineer. Headcount goals. I’ve seen it.

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Headcount goals, feature factories, and when to hire those mythical 10x people

Erik Bernhardsson

I don’t mean an engineer just hammering on the keyboard shipping code at light speed. But all managers try, when they set the salary of Alice to $110,000 and Bob to $115,000. So on some level, managers certainly believe they have some precise idea of the relative value of each engineer. What is output? Headcount goals.

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Netflix at AWS re:Invent 2019

Netflix Tech

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. Wednesday?—?December

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Netflix at AWS re:Invent 2019

Netflix Tech

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. Wednesday?—?December

AWS 40
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Netflix at AWS re:Invent 2019

Netflix Tech

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. In 2019, Netflix moved thousands of container hosts to bare metal.

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The Importance of Proper Feedback

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

That’s the assumption a lot of managers make, so in this episode we’ll talk about what feedback really means and how you can give it in a meaningful, productive manner. And you as the manager, you need to give them feedback in order to help them grow and help them improve. Episode 16. Do people really crave feedback? Show Notes.

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MLOps and DevOps: Why Data Makes It Different

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

This is both frustrating for companies that would prefer making ML an ordinary, fuss-free value-generating function like software engineering, as well as exciting for vendors who see the opportunity to create buzz around a new category of enterprise software. In effect, the engineer designs and builds the world wherein the software operates.

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