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Glendon McCreary

Trust Before Ownership

Talk to most managers or executives and they will likely talk about how they want to empower their teams to take ownership over their products and systems. Ownership and trust go hand-in-hand, but it can sometimes seem like a chicken or egg problem when you don't have one

Use ubiquitous language

Eric Evans coined the term ubiquitous language in his classic book on designing software, Domain Driven Design (which I highly recommend having on your bookshelf), and the concept remains one of the most important in my day-to-day work. In my experience, developing a ubiquitous language for your organization is one

How do I manage my time?

Learning to manage your time as your scope of responsibilities increases is one of the most important things to get a handle on as a manager and leader. This is not a problem you can solve by brute force. You're going to need a plan. Otherwise you can

How does your organization communicate?

One of the most important things you need to figure out as an engineering leader is how your team should communicate with one another. It was important before the pandemic, but is absolutely critical in the work-from-anywhere era we're now living in. While every organization is different, and