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The Pragmatic Engineer
@Pragmatic_Eng
Oct 27
ZIRP defined engineering management in the 2010s. Will Larson @Lethain, 3x CTO and 4x book author, on how it went hand-in-hand with overhiring: "I do think that ZIRP has explained the entire 2010s in terms of how management styles changed. Salaries went up, then your ability to
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The Pragmatic Engineer
@Pragmatic_Eng
Oct 25
Yahoo accidentally created an internal “black market” for servers. Will Larson @Lethain, 3x CTO and 4x book author, recalls: "One quick Yahoo story that I loved: David Filo famously approved every server that was allocated in the company. The theory was this would drive
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Oct 21
01:56:27
What’s changed in “the unwritten rules” of engineering management since the 2010s, why are hands-on managers “back”, and what has it done to the engineer-to-CTO career path? With Will Larson (@Lethain). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 08:20 Stories from Yahoo! 12:47 Digg’s v4 rewrite:
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The Pragmatic Engineer
@Pragmatic_Eng
Oct 24
Why a 3x CTO went back to a 25-person team. From Will Larson @Lethain, Imprint CTO and 4x book author. "It's a hard time in middle management, right? There's a lot more competition for these roles. What I found personally very rewarding is getting back into the details of
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The Pragmatic Engineer
@Pragmatic_Eng
Oct 23
“Decision making has always been where Staff and Principal engineers have to make the impact, and that hasn’t changed at all. I don’t think agents are exceptionally good at making these trade-offs. I think the agents often don’t even recognise the trade-offs, because they’re
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Oct 21
What’s changed in “the unwritten rules” of engineering management since the 2010s, why are hands-on managers “back”, and what has it done to the engineer-to-CTO career path? With Will Larson (@Lethain). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 08:20 Stories from Yahoo! 12:47 Digg’s v4 rewrite:
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The Pragmatic Engineer
@Pragmatic_Eng
Oct 20
How is Uber approaching AI spend? @udaykiran, Distinguished Engineer at Uber, on how they manage costs without restricting engineers: “We have this notion of spend tiers. By default, you get a certain tier. Once you're close to that tier, you can raise a request to go to the
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Oct 14
01:34:17
What do developer tools look like inside Uber, today? They are very different from what you would see at most places. We get a rare tour with one of Uber's longest-tenured engineers, Uday Kiran Medisetty (@udaykiran) - who was at Uber already when I joined in 2016! Timestamps:
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