Five for Friday – September 27, 2024
Back again for more links that you either already knew about, or (ideally) didn’t know that you didn’t know.
- I thought this take on What LLMs for Coding Should Look Like was thoughtful and interesting. We have a long way to go in this area, and I really appreciate folks who recognize that copilot isn’t the pinnacle of computer assisted programming.
- On the heels of my latest blog post, I was happy to see this post on Self-Care Checklist for Leaders. This is almost all stuff I do – but not consistently. It’s a good reminder.
- …and leaning harder into self-reflection, I found this article on self-reflection in engineering leadership that put a lot of things into perspective for me.
- I know I’m a pointy-haired manager now, but I spent the first twenty-ish years of my career writing a shit ton of code. And I think this article stating that Most Programmers Are Actually Bad at Programming is pretty spot on. Disclaimer – it’s a Medium article and requires an account (which is a stupid choice by the author, but that’s why we all have throw away accounts).
- While I hate to use two of your three free articles on HBR in one post, this post on Why Leadership Teams Fail had me nodding my head too much. Whether you’re a leader or not, it’s worth a read.
We’re done for another week. See you in October.