Tag: process

All the articles with the tag "process".

• Launching Effective One-on-One Meetings

  Published:Nov 6, 2023 |  at 02:41 PM

  When I took over one-on-ones for a team engineers at Amazon, I needed a framework to make these meetings valuable. Here's the template I've refined over 20+ introductory sessions.

• Backfill Considerations

  Published:Dec 6, 2022 |  at 11:20 AM

  A discussion of considerations for running a backfill

• Load Testing at Scale and Lessons Learned

  Published:Jan 13, 2022 |  at 08:00 PM

  Lessons learned from designing and testing a service to handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second, including practical strategies for load testing at scale.

• Getting Unstuck

  Published:Oct 13, 2021 |  at 08:00 PM

  Through the years of talking with engineers in one-on-ones, there's a common conversation about asking for help: How do I find what I need if I don't know where to look?

• More Code Review Best Practices

  Published:Jun 5, 2018 |  at 08:54 PM

  A few more code review best practices

• Strategies for Writing Useful Tests

  Published:May 11, 2016 |  at 01:54 PM

  Writing tests can be challenging. What should we test? How do we know if our tests are valuable? Here's what I've learned about writing maintainable and effective tests.

• How to Land the Right Tech Job for You [updated in 2018]

  Published:Jan 21, 2016 |  at 08:45 PM

  How to land the right tech job for you

• How to Prepare for Talks

  Published:Nov 1, 2015 |  at 10:09 PM

  A process for preparing for talks

• Code Review Best Practices

  Published:May 5, 2015 |  at 03:54 PM

  Code reviews can be challenging! How do you make them valuable without being a burden? Here's what I've learned about making code reviews effective for both reviewers and authors.