Hey friend, I hope you and everyone you care about are well. I was thinking for a while about writing about the time I conflicted with someone in my team, how we solved it, and the lessons I took from it. But I couldn't find a chance to write it down until now. A few years ago, when I wanted to become a leader, I...
21: Intent-Based Leadership with L. David Marquet Reply via email | Reply via Mastodon | Comment
Hey friend, Every second week, I write Mektup to share what I learned from reading many articles and books about software engineering leadership. Mektup is ideal for busy people such as engineering managers, team leads, and senior & staff software engineers. Now, on to this week's Mektup. I talked about career...
20: Software Architecture Design | Systems and Architectural Thinking Part 2 Reply via email | Reply via Mastodon | Comment
If you prefer listening, I have a podcast episode where I talk all about this article. I talked and wrote about the software architect role before. The architect's job is eventually a combination of tech lead, software engineer, R&D engineer, and strategist. But how do these responsibilities come together? Working...
I also interviewed L. David Marquet, the author of the book; you can listen to the interview here. How Strongly I Recommend It: 8/10. How Likely I Will Gift It: 5/10. 📖 The Book in Three Sentences Leadership-leadership structures are more effective and humanitarian than leader-follower structures. Working with...
Recently, we implemented a career ladder for software engineers to define the growth path by using a competency framework similar to what CircleCI uses. Before, we only had abstract titles that gave no information about responsibilities and didn't define clear expectations. Every engineer was handling their growth...
Remote work sees its most significant rise thanks to the pandemic. Many articles, talks, job ads focus on work-life balance, social isolation, finding the best talent everywhere, working with different cultures, or so on. But people forget another aspect: remote work is more inclusive than on-site work at all...
Hey friend, Every second week, I write Mektup to share what I learned from reading many articles and books about software engineering and leadership. Mektup is ideal for busy people such as senior & staff software engineers and software engineering leaders. Now, on to this week's Mektup. The feeling of safety and...
The media likes to show extraordinary people who achieved great things. Because these people create attention. Humans are interested in different things than themselves, and the press uses exceptional people to keep the interest high. The misperception created by the media causes many mental problems. The...
Hey friend! Welcome to the 10th issue of the Mektup. Here is what I think about this newsletter: sending a letter (Mektup means letter in Turkish) to you every two weeks and intending to hear back from you. I'm still excited to send every letter like it's day one. Meanwhile, I'm still considering different formats...
19: The Software Architect Role | Systems and Architectural Thinking Part 1 Reply via email | Reply via Mastodon | Comment