Revised rules of engineering leadership. (opens in new tab)

From early 2014 through late 2020, I was working in This post documents the new rules I’ve revised my approach to engineering leadership around, and then talks through the specific projects I’ve worked on over the past year that caused me to believe in these rules. Revised rules Even complex, large changes can be 95% owned by the driving individual or team, and done in 10% of the time. As the initial cost of migrations goes down, the reward/penalty of each migration’s quality goes up: even sm...