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Good reads: Mentorship

Advice on Technical Mentorship: If you're looking for practical advice on technical mentorship, John’s piece is a great resource. This article is a guide for those looking to offer technical mentorship, with practical tips on how to effectively support and guide mentees towards achieving their goals. What

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Good reads: Rethinking On-Call

Rethinking On-Call: Compensation, Runbooks, and Sustainable Practices

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Good reads: Observability and System Alerts

Featured Articles 1. What Makes a Good Alert? by Dan Slimmon Dan delves into the essentials of what constitutes a good alert, emphasizing the importance of alerts being actionable and informative. This piece is a great starting point for anyone looking to refine their alerting strategy to minimize noise and

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Good reads: The Technical Documentation Culture

These are interesting reads for you and for your team to decide how and in what direction do you want to build your documentation culture. 1. Technical Writing Courses for Engineers by Google Developers * Kickstart your journey with Google's technical writing courses for engineers. It's your

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Good reads: The art of writing

(And impact of writing)

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Good reads: Culture by Design

Culture by Design

Good reads: Culture by Design
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Good reads: Goal setting, and growth

1. The Goal Setting Conundrum by Nadyne Richmond Nadyne explores the very real challenges in setting career goals. The post calls out various obstacles such as analysis paralysis, uncertainty about the future, impostor syndrome, and skepticism about the goal-setting process. And offers potential ways out. Key Takeaways: 1. Strategies are

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Good reads: Estimations, estimations, and estimations

Precision in Estimations

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Good reads: Being a senior engineer beyond coding

1. An Incomplete List of Skills Senior Engineers Need, Beyond Coding Key Learning: Senior Engineers require a diverse skill set that is beyond coding. From running effective meetings and mentoring peers to influencing cross-team projects and handling non-technical stakeholder discussions, Fournier lays out essential skills that are often overlooked . 2.

Good reads: Being a senior engineer beyond coding
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Good reads: Decision-Making and Unseen Work

"A hard lesson for me over the past several years of my career has been figuring out how to pick my battles. I’ve seen many friends and colleagues struggle with this as well: how do you know when to involve yourself in something, and how do you know