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by marcuscreo 2y ago
This resonates with me so much! The only thing that has worked for me to overcome my crippling fear of writing shitty blogs on the Internet, is to write more shitty blog posts. I write every day, publish every day, send them to my email lis
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by marcuscreo 8y ago
I interviewed Michael Lopp a few months ago. You can watch it here. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/michael-lopp-engineering-culture
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by marcuscreo 8y ago
A few articles I've written on this topic: 1. https://hackernoon.com/the-wrong-section-of-the-bookstore-96... 2. https://hackernoon.com/the-real-work-of-software-management-... 3. https://ha
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by marcuscreo 8y ago
+100 on that book.
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by marcuscreo 8y ago
I've written hundreds of articles on this very topic - it can be a tough transition. #ShamelessPlug - Join my list to become as good a manager as you are a coder. https://marcusblankenship.com/
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by marcuscreo 10y ago
Boy, you hit the nail on the head! I was really afraid folks would feel that I should know what they meant if I was a "real professional programmer", so it was tough for me to learn to push back. ;)
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Time Management for Tech Leaders(crowdcast.io)
1 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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New book: 7 Habits which Ruin your Technical Team(leanpub.com)
1 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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That time I went into the leadership section of the bookstore(marcusblankenship.com)
2 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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Pushing your team to go faster is harmful(marcusblankenship.com)
4 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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by marcuscreo 10y ago
Ya, even 1 hours is better than answering in the moment.
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by marcuscreo 10y ago
No, agile doesn't. It's not a process problem, it's a people problem. People still overcommit in agile, or commit for the wrong reasons.
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by marcuscreo 10y ago
Learn not to answer in the moment, and commit to always give yourself time to think alone about the request and respond in 24 hours. When you do that, you remove the immediate pressure to please the person with a YES answer. You also give t
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Build a Great Software Team Course(marcusblankenship.com)
1 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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Free Become a Better (Software) Manager Crash Course(marcusblankenship.com)
3 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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Workshop: From Programmer to Manager(marcusblankenship.com)
2 points by marcuscreo 10y ago|0 comments
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A Slack channel for software managers and leads(marcusblankenship.com)
2 points by marcuscreo 11y ago|1 comments
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4 Tricks to Balance Software Management with “Real Work”(linkedin.com)
2 points by marcuscreo 11y ago|0 comments
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by marcuscreo 11y ago
Publish it, and post the URL! I want to read it!
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by marcuscreo 11y ago
First, you need to learn the skills and work of managing a software team. I just wrote about it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/real-work-management-marcus-b... Second, the best thing you can do for your career i
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by marcuscreo 11y ago
Yes, that's what spawned my question. It's a great thread.
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Ask HN: How difficult was it to move from Coder to Manager?
3 points by marcuscreo 11y ago|2 comments
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The Real Work of (Software) Management(linkedin.com)
4 points by marcuscreo 11y ago|0 comments
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by marcuscreo 11y ago
Great question! I just wrote an article on this very topic here... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/real-work-management-marcus-b... If you're looking for books, I recommend Johanna Rothman's "Behind Clos
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by marcuscreo 11y ago
I suggest the book "Land of Lisp" It assumes no prior knowledge, and is a lot of fun to work through!
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Become a Great (Development) Manager(marcusblankenship.com)
4 points by marcuscreo 11y ago|0 comments
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by marcuscreo 12y ago
Check out what Brennan Dunn @ doubleyourfreelancingrate.com says about these topics, you'll find them useful. PS - I'm not Brennan, and don't get any money from sending you over there.
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Ansible Quick Start guide(ryaneschinger.com)
49 points by marcuscreo 12y ago|9 comments
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6 Essential Concepts New Technical Managers Miss(devops.com)
1 points by marcuscreo 12y ago|0 comments
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Convince your boss to use Clojure(lispcast.com)
3 points by marcuscreo 12y ago|0 comments

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