We discuss the various sizes of breaks and their impact on health, vigor and resilience.
UC Irvine researchers found engineers switch tasks every 3 minutes, with 84% of interruptions being self-inflicted (checking email/messages). Each switch costs 23 minutes of focus time.
In our latest podcast episode, we explore a practical solution: the "Firefighter" role.
In our latest podcast episode, we explore a practical solution: the "Firefighter" role.
In this episode, we discuss the topic of technical dept. We start with the basic definition and then share techniques for measuring, arguing about, and addressing tech debt. A key concept is connecting the issues of technical dept to business goals, to show the concrete pain it causes to organizations. We also discuss prioritization tips and various good and bad examples we saw in our experience.
We are starting to get into the rhythm of our biweekly episodes in season two, shorter and more to the point! I hope you enjoy this one.
Back with another episode of The Retrospective, this time giving advice to Engineering Managers moving to another team.
And we are off - season takes off for real with our first episode on "quiet quitting"!
Season Two of The Retrospective is now live! We've completely rebooted the format!
Season Two is coming soon with a major reboot of the format of our podcast!