Dates covered: August 27-September 2, 2018 (week 35 of 52)
Career
- Why All Engineers Must Understand Management: The View from Both Ladders (via The Software Mentor)
- A Year Ago, I Stepped Away From a Leadership Position. Here Are 7 Things I Learned From That. (via Tom Bartel)
- How to Get Your Side Hustle Off the Ground (help with: focusing on wrong steps, lack of confidence, commitment, time management) (via Harvard Business Review)
- Can You Afford to Change Your Career? (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Diversify Your Professional Network (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Take the Stress Out of Taking Time Off (via Harvard Business Review)
Communication
- Hate delivering negative feedback at work? 19 phrases to help make giving difficult feedback easier (via The Software Mentor)
- Talk WITH People, Not AT Them (via The Software Mentor)
- Writing Process Instructions and Directions (via Pluralsight)
Culture
- What Tech Companies Can Do to Become a Force for Inclusion (via Harvard Business Review)
- You Know You Need More Sleep. Here’s How to Get It. (via Harvard Business Review)
- Some Techies Are Shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese Dream (via The Software Mentor)
- Are You Sacrificing for Your Work, or Just Suffering for It? (via Harvard Business Review)
- Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work (via Harvard Business Review)
- What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? (via TED-Ed)
- Your Corporate Purpose Will Ring Hollow If the Company’s Actions Don’t Back It Up (via Harvard Business Review)
- How to Motivate Frontline Employees (via Harvard Business Review)
Economy
Leadership
- What to Do When a Good Employee Stops Trying to Grow (via Harvard Business Review)
- The Software Engineer’s Guide to Interviewing Software Engineers (via Harvard Business Review)
- The Most Common Leadership Mistake? Being Nice. (via Software Lead Weekly)
Process
- Forget Mentors, Find an Accountability Partner
- Why We Procrastinate When We Have Long Deadlines (via Harvard Business Review)
- Documenting Decisions in a Remote Team (via Software Lead Weekly)
- 4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction (create a distraction-free ritual, set three daily intentions, work on hard stuff, set an artificial deadline) (via Harvard Business Review)
Security
- Corporate Cybersecurity Is Becoming Geopolitical. Are U.S. Tech Companies Ready? (via Harvard Business Review)
- The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (via The Software Mentor)