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Management bugs: 18 months later

Let's make a space for developers

Collaborating with marketing on launches

Engineering a successful product launch

How to tackle technical debt

Switching to a remote manager

Why do we have process anyway?

A fistful of radishes

Ownership

What does beta really mean?

Project X

The trichotomy of control

Work doesn't have to be your everything

Don't make your staff afraid to fail

When everything blows up

Algorithms to make you more effective

The case for building from source

That massive email

Not invented here, revisited

Is the HP Way still relevant today?

The importance of writing

The Eye of Sauron

Competitive sitting and leaving loudly

How do data science projects work?

Why I couldn't write a manager README

Can optimism ever be bad?

What does trust have to do with Israeli day care centers?

Keeping your 1 to 1s fresh

Job hopping and what you can do about it

First principles and asking why

Working with Sales

Working with Product Marketing

Engineering at scale is a people problem

Workplace politics

Influence

Letting go of control

Chits

Failing fast

Force multipliers

Step outside of your comfort zone

Leadership through kindness

The relationship with Product

Dealing with different personalities

Management bugs

There's no shame in going back

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