Management

There’s a really weird communication pattern that I keep seeing all the time in big companies and small companies. Picture this: You’re hiring an employee, consultant, contractor, whatever you want to call them. You think this person has good experience and you’re paying them hundreds of thousands of dollars. Once you hire them, you tell them, “Hey, I want you to do this.” This is super weird. You’re not explaining the problem. You’re just trying to use this person as a human tool. ...

I want to argue that you should build your product on microservices; not because of technical reasons, but because you should see it as a team management strategy. The Double-Edged Sword of Microservices Let’s zoom out and first remember what a microservice is. A microservice is basically a small, deployable piece of service that, when meshed together with others, forms a larger application. If you’re already working with microservices or even if you haven’t built any so far, you’ve probably heard about it. ...

Have you ever been in a meeting where people just keep putting band-aids on problems but don’t discuss how they came to that point? Let me talk about the decision chain mindset. Understanding the Decision Chain Picture this: You make a decision, or someone makes a decision at a high level. Let’s call this Decision A. Based on this decision, another decision is made. Let’s name it Decision B. And based on that, now you have to make another decision. Let’s call it Decision C. ...

I walked into my neighborhood coffee shop for my regular Americano, but walked out with a lesson, a leadership lesson. Let me explain. The Beginning This coffee shop opened here in my town around three years ago. Since then, I have become a regular customer. If I have time in the morning, I just walk there, I’m even the first or second customer, I have my morning coffee and walk back home. That’s how I start my days. ...