Startup Journey From Engineer to Founder, Lesson 2: Invest in Infrastructure
By Poornima Vijayashanker A little over 4 years ago I decided to transition from being a founding engineer to a founder. I knew that I could build a product and recruit a team, I had learned those...
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View ArticleHow to Use Empathy to Build Software Products
Interview with Indi Young, user experience consultant, author, founding partner at Adaptive Path on using empathy in software There’s one skill that every wildly successful product manager, UX...
View ArticleWhat Is Tech Debt And How Do You Manage It
Image it’s crunch time… you’re focused on shipping, so things like tech debt aren’t on your mind. Maybe you’re already thinking: “When is it NOT crunch time?!” You’ve got eager customers who are...
View ArticleAccessibility Testing: How To Balance Accessibility And Interactivity Across...
Interview with Laura Allen, Accessibility Program Manager at Google for Chrome and the Chrome Operating System We’ve covered a lot when it comes to accessibility design. In the last two episodes of...
View ArticleOn-boarding New Software Engineer Hires: How To Do It
Interview with Chris Jobst Senior Software Engineer at Pivotal Labs On On-boarding New Software Engineer Hires Have you been on-boarding new software engineer hires? Or maybe a few? Congratulations!...
View ArticlePair Programming And Mob Programming On-board New Software Engineers
Interview with Chris Jobst Senior Software Engineer at Pivotal Labs On How Pair Programming And Mob Programming Help Quickly Onboard New Software Engineers In last week’s Build Tip, we dove into the...
View ArticleWhen To Give A New Software Engineer Hire A Project
Interview with Chris Jobst Senior Software Engineer at Pivotal Labs On When To Give A New Software Engineer Hire A Project All this month, I’ve been talking about on-boarding techniques for your new...
View ArticleEstimate User Stories: Why It’s Hard to Provide Accurate Estimates For User...
Interview with Hiten Shah Founder of Product Habits On Why Popular Product Management Methodologies Provide Inaccurately Estimate User Stories What’s probably the MOST popular and frustrating question...
View ArticleBoring Technical Presentation: How To Make A Technical Presentation Interesting
Have you given a talk or maybe a handful, but struggled to come up with an enticing topic and engage audiences throughout it? Tired of giving the same boring technical presentation? The first step is...
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