Dates covered: April 2-8, 2018 (week 14 of 52)
Career
- Many Employees Have a Mid-Career Crisis. Here’s How Employers Can Help (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Be a Good Board Chair (via Harvard Business Review)
- What does a VP of Engineering do? (via Software Lead Weekly)
Communication
- Why You Should Try Lightning Talks (via The Software Mentor)
- Having Productive Conversations When I Disagree (via Software Lead Weekly)
Culture
- Stack Overflow Culture (via The Software Mentor)
- The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams (cognitive diversity and psychological safety) (via Harvard Business Review)
- When You Start a New Job, Pay Attention to These 5 Aspects of Company Culture (relationships, communications, decision-making, individual vs. group perspectives, change agents) (via Harvard Business Review)
- An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities) (via Software Lead Weekly)
- Incentivize Teams, Not People (via Software Lead Weekly)
- Why You Should Rotate Office Seating Assignments (via Harvard Business Review)
HR
Leadership
- The Most Common Type of Incompetent Leader (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Lead by Noticing and Filling in Gaps (via Software Lead Weekly)
Management
Software development
- An introduction to functional programming (via The Software Mentor)
- Some controversial (and not so much) opinions about functional programming (via The Software Mentor)