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Published in Geek Culture

·Feb 15

How to Weather the Storm of Tech Layoffs by Managing to Scale

Your company has had layoffs and you are still there… Now what? — The tech industry has swiftly swung from where they could not find enough people to hire a mere 9 months ago, to a surge of layoffs. The golden years have lasted long enough that there are people who are well into their careers and never experienced large layoffs. For those…

Management And Leadership

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How to Weather the Storm of Tech Layoffs by Managing to Scale
How to Weather the Storm of Tech Layoffs by Managing to Scale
Management And Leadership

6 min read


Published in Geek Culture

·Apr 2, 2022

Are you using Coding Interviews for Senior Software Developers?

Please Don’t… What you should be doing instead. — The market for hiring tech workers, especially Software Engineering, is extremely tight right now. Current estimates of the unemployment rates for tech workers are about 1.7%. It is a good time to talk about interview practices, in particular when hiring Senior Engineers. …

Software Development

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Are you using Coding Interviews for Senior Software Developers?
Are you using Coding Interviews for Senior Software Developers?
Software Development

6 min read


Oct 1, 2020

Imposter Syndrome: How to overcome it during Code Reviews

The articles in this series about being an effective code reviewer have be leading to this final article on imposter syndrome. Sending your code for review or reviewing the code of a colleague can be intimidating and stress inducing. Often you feel as though, I am not qualified to do…

Diversity And Inclusion

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Imposter Syndrome: How to overcome it during Code Reviews
Imposter Syndrome: How to overcome it during Code Reviews
Diversity And Inclusion

4 min read


Oct 1, 2020

Inclusive and Productive Collaboration in Code Reviews

Code reviews can often be a source of stress and frustration and they should not be. From my original article that defined code review and their benefits: #1 rule: This is about sharing knowledge and improving, not to catch someone out or shame them. Code reviews are one of the…

Diversity And Inclusion

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Inclusive and Productive Collaboration in Code Reviews
Inclusive and Productive Collaboration in Code Reviews
Diversity And Inclusion

3 min read


Oct 1, 2020

How to Provide Effective Feedback based on Code Review Type

Type of code reviews There are several types of code reviews and you may want to adjust your style depending on the type of review you are undertaking: Features Bug fixes Other: script to automate a recurring task, github template, … Features Features are more likely to come to you in a series of code…

Software Development

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How to Provide Effective Feedback based on Code Review Type
How to Provide Effective Feedback based on Code Review Type
Software Development

3 min read


Published in The Startup

·Oct 1, 2020

4 Rules of Thumb for Providing Effective Code Review Feedback

The worst case scenario for a peer code review is when each developer thinks the other will look at the code closely. This happens in real life, more often than you would think. How do you go about ensuring this does not occur? A large part is establishing a healthy…

Software Development

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4 Rules of Thumb for Providing Effective Code Review Feedback
4 Rules of Thumb for Providing Effective Code Review Feedback
Software Development

4 min read


Sep 28, 2020

What is a code review? and Why should they be a part of your process?

A code review is a standard practice in the software development life cycle, where one or more people review the source code of another developer. The goal of the review can vary, but it is generally to increase the code quality and provide consistency to a code base. It is…

Software Development

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What is a code review?
What is a code review?
Software Development

3 min read

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Kendra Curtis

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Ex-Googler with 20+ years of Software Engineering Experience.

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