Dates covered: August 13-19, 2018 (week 33 of 52)
Career
- What do you do when a kid beats your solution? (via The Software Mentor)
- Why Developers become Frustrated and Companies Can’t Find Talent (via Steve Smith)
- Networking Myths Dispelled (via Harvard Business Review)
- CTO vs VP Engineering: What’s the Difference? (via Software Lead Weekly)
Communication
- Build Self-Awareness with Help from Your Team (via Harvard Business Review)
- The 4 questions you should stop asking during your one-on-one meetings (via Software Lead Weekly)
Culture
- When Will the U.S. Finally Act Boldly on Paid Family Leave? (via Harvard Business Review)
- How Self-care Became So Much Work (via Harvard Business Review)
- Somebody at Fitbit needs a lesson on the menstrual cycle (via The Software Mentor)
- Programming in the Adult Entertainment Industry is Broken (via The Software Mentor)
- The Trap of Sales Driven Development (via The Software Mentor)
- How to Avoid Loneliness When You Work Entirely from Home (via Harvard Business Review)
Leadership
- Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. They’re Not. (via Harvard Business Review)
- Just Because You Said it, Doesn’t Make it So (via Software Lead Weekly)
Process
- Avoiding hour creep: get your work done and still go home at 5PM (via The Software Mentor)
- The Little Risks You Can Take to Increase Your Luck (via TED)
- When knowledge is the limiting factor (via Software Lead Weekly)
- Research: To Get People to Embrace Change, Emphasize What Will Stay the Same (via Harvard Business Review)
- Kaleidoscope Thinking: How to Think Faster and More Clearly (via Software Lead Weekly)
- How to Be Happy (via Freakonomics)
- Getting Better by Being Wrong (via Software Lead Weekly)
Technology
- Collaborative Intelligence: Humans and AI Are Joining Forces (via Harvard Business Review)
- How AI Can Save Our Humanity (via TED)
- What’s the Purpose of Companies in the Age of AI? (via Harvard Business Review)
- To Make Self-Driving Cars Safe, We Also Need Better Roads and Infrastructure (via Harvard Business Review)