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What it means to be a Full-Stack Designer
What it means to be a Full-Stack Designer
A designer’s ability to move between creative functions is not a luxury, it’s a business necessity
·uxdesign.cc·
What it means to be a Full-Stack Designer
A brief guide to competencies
A brief guide to competencies
The Civil Service competency framework, sets out how we want people in the Civil Service to work.
·gov.uk·
A brief guide to competencies
Escaping creative downturns
Escaping creative downturns
If I'm stuck in a creative downturn, there's usually only one remedy: keep going. That is, accept the downturn, but continue to stare at the computer, waiting for it to pass. While staring at the computer, there's room for menial and managerial tasks put aside during more inspired times. Checking up on things, getting back to people, a...
·world.hey.com·
Escaping creative downturns
The complicated parts of leadership: Betting on people
The complicated parts of leadership: Betting on people
In this series of short stories, I share tricky situations I’ve encountered while leading teams. These experiences have taught me invaluable leadership lessons and greatly influenced my manag…
·abdulapopoola.com·
The complicated parts of leadership: Betting on people
Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward | Dylan Black | Substack
Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward | Dylan Black | Substack
Some things that aren't worth doing are worth overdoing. Click to read Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward, by Dylan Black, a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.
·maximumeffort.substack.com·
Maximum Effort, Minimum Reward | Dylan Black | Substack
Nailspotting
Nailspotting
Hammering the cramps.
·adactio.com·
Nailspotting
Venting doesn’t work.
Venting doesn’t work.
Researchers proved decades ago that venting won’t make you feel better.
·slate.com·
Venting doesn’t work.
The future of code; an ever-changing story - Blog - Ponicode
The future of code; an ever-changing story - Blog - Ponicode
Baptiste Bouffaut, our CTO here at Ponicode, recently joined us for a chat about programming languages and what we can expect them to look like in the future. Here are the main areas we covered:
·ponicode.com·
The future of code; an ever-changing story - Blog - Ponicode
How to trade money and time | Meteuphoric
How to trade money and time | Meteuphoric
Time has a monetary value to you. That is, money and time can be traded for one another in lots of circumstances, and there are prices that you are willing to take and prices you are not. Hopefully…
·meteuphoric.com·
How to trade money and time | Meteuphoric
Sustainability over speed: adopting asynchronous communication - Ness Labs
Sustainability over speed: adopting asynchronous communication - Ness Labs
With more people working from home, asynchronous communication will become key to being productive while keeping our sanity. What are its benefits? What strategies can you use to embrace asynchronous communication at work? I have a confession to make. I think Slack is awful. It’s distracting, noisy, and makes it hard to get the information ... Read more
·nesslabs.com·
Sustainability over speed: adopting asynchronous communication - Ness Labs
From fixed mindset to growth mindset: the complete guide
From fixed mindset to growth mindset: the complete guide
Most peope think they have a growth mindset. This is called the “false growth mindset”—to learn how it actually works, you need to turn to Carol Dweck.
·nesslabs.com·
From fixed mindset to growth mindset: the complete guide
Can we prove creativity is effective?
Can we prove creativity is effective?
All creatives are searching for a way to demonstrate that their work has a concrete business value. But does such a measurement really exist?
·creativereview.co.uk·
Can we prove creativity is effective?
The Tao of Programming
The Tao of Programming
Damit das Tao of Programming nicht verlorengeht, wenn das Original mal verschwindet...
·elbosso.github.io·
The Tao of Programming
Manage your priorities and energy.
Manage your priorities and energy.
Back when I was managing at Uber, I latched onto a thinking tool that I drilled into the teams I worked with: reach the right outcomes by prioritizing the company first, your team second, and yourself third. This “company, team, self” framework proved a helpful decision-making tool, and at the time I felt it almost always led to the correct decision. It also helped me articulate why I disagreed with some of my peers’ decisions, which violated this hierarchy by placing individual or team preferences over the company’s priorities.
·lethain.com·
Manage your priorities and energy.
Movement for Engineers
Movement for Engineers
A brief introduction to keeping your body moving as someone who spends a lot of time sitting down.
·matt.blwt.io·
Movement for Engineers
The Worst Programmer I Know
The Worst Programmer I Know
The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.
·dannorth.net·
The Worst Programmer I Know
Systems First, Goals Second
Systems First, Goals Second
Learning from Entrepreneurs, Rickshaw Drivers and Poker-PlayersThe two founders of WhatsApp applied for a job at Facebook back in 2009, but their applications were rejected. Instead they went on t…
·mishayurchenko.me·
Systems First, Goals Second